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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	Oman	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	2,348	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	2,403	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	2,457	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	2,510	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	2,562	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	2,613	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	2,663	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	2,713	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	2,764	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	2,816	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	2,871	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	2,928	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	2,986	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	3,047	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	3,110	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	3,174	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	3,240	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	3,307	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	3,375	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	3,444	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	3,512	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	3,582	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	3,651	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	3,696	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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