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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	10,200

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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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