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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	St. Lucia	Belgium	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	10,227	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	10,252	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	10,288	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	10,334	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	10,377	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	10,422	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	10,480	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	10,549	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	10,627	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	10,711	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	10,797	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	10,897	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	11,039	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	11,108	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	11,160	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	11,210	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	11,275	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	11,332	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	11,376	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	11,429	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	11,491	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	11,546	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	11,594	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	11,695	46,498

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, St. Lucia, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.