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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	138	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	141	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	144	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	147	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	151	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	154	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	158	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	161	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	165	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	168	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	172	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	176	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	180	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	183	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	187	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	190	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	194	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	198	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	201	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	204	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	208	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	212	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	216	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.