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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	Laos	Belgium	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,227	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,252	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,288	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	10,334	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	10,377	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	10,422	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	10,480	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	10,549	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	10,627	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	10,711	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	10,797	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	10,897	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	11,039	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	11,108	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	11,160	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	11,210	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	11,275	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	11,332	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	11,376	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	11,429	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	11,491	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	11,546	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	11,594	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	11,695	98

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, Laos, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.