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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	Burkina Faso	Belgium	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,227	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,252	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	10,334	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	10,377	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	10,422	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	10,480	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	10,549	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	10,627	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	10,711	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	10,797	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	10,897	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	11,039	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	11,108	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	11,160	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	11,210	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	11,275	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	11,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	11,376	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	11,429	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	11,491	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	11,546	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	11,594	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	11,695	530

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, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.