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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	Benin	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	6,461	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	6,677	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	6,902	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,130	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,360	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,589	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,838	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	8,089	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	8,335	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	8,603	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	8,884	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	9,179	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,486	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,805	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	10,135	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	10,480	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	10,842	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,220	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,613	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	12,018	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	12,370	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	12,725	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	13,081	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	13,439	11,695

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