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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	Philippines	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	79,346	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	81,131	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	83,023	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	84,876	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	86,697	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	88,568	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	90,418	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	92,253	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	94,098	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	95,923	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	97,627	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	99,317	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	100,999	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	102,618	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	104,299	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	106,076	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	107,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	109,493	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	111,094	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	112,843	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	114,636	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	117,026	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	119,473	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	121,234	167

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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