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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	Central African Republic	Belgium	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	10,227	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	10,252	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	10,288	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	10,334	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	10,377	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	10,422	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	10,480	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	10,549	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	10,627	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	10,711	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	10,797	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	10,897	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	11,039	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	11,108	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	11,160	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	11,210	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	11,275	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	11,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	11,376	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	11,429	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	11,491	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	11,546	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	11,594	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	11,695	651

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, Central African Republic, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.