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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	Iceland	Belgium	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,227	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,252	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,288	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,334	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	10,377	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	10,422	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	10,480	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	10,549	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	10,627	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	10,711	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	10,797	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	10,897	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	11,039	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	11,108	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	11,160	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	11,210	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	11,275	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,332	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,376	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,429	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,491	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,546	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,594	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,695	9,918

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.