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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,227	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,252	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,288	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	10,334	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	10,377	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	10,422	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	10,480	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	10,549	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	10,627	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	10,711	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	10,797	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	10,897	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	11,039	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	11,108	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	11,160	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	11,210	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	11,275	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	11,332	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	11,376	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	11,429	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	11,491	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	11,546	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	11,594	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	11,695	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.