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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	7,169

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.

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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.

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