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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Belgium	Greece	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	10,618	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	10,662	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	10,718	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	10,757	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	10,783	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	10,809	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	10,841	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	10,874	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	10,901	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	10,930	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	10,959	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	10,973	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	10,957	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	10,898	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	10,819	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	10,747	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	10,677	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	10,633	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	10,612	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	10,590	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	10,579	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	10,556	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	10,499	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	10,437	530

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.