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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,227	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,252	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,288	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,334	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	10,377	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	10,422	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	10,480	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	10,549	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	10,627	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	10,711	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	10,797	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	10,897	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	11,039	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	11,108	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	11,160	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	11,210	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	11,275	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,332	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,376	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,429	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,491	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,546	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,594	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,695	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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