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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	Luxembourg	Belgium	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	10,227	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	10,252	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	10,288	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	10,334	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	10,377	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	10,422	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	10,480	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	10,549	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	10,627	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	10,711	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	10,797	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	10,897	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	11,039	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	11,108	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	11,160	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	11,210	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	11,275	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	11,332	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	11,376	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	11,429	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	11,491	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	11,546	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	11,594	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	11,695	5,907

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, Luxembourg, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.