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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	3,696	64,835

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.

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