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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	2,348	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	2,403	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	2,457	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	2,510	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	2,562	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	2,613	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	2,663	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	2,713	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	2,764	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	2,816	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	2,871	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	2,928	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	2,986	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	3,047	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	3,110	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	3,174	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	3,240	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	3,307	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	3,375	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	3,444	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	3,512	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	3,582	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	3,651	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	3,696	31,337

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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.