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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	Estonia	Belgium	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	10,227	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	10,252	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	10,288	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	10,334	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	10,377	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	10,422	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	10,480	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	10,549	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	10,627	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	10,711	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	10,797	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	10,897	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	11,039	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	11,108	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	11,160	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	11,210	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	11,275	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	11,332	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	11,376	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	11,429	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	11,491	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	11,546	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	11,594	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	11,695	6,291

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