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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	Moldova	Belgium	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	10,227	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	10,252	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	10,288	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	10,334	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	10,377	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	10,422	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	10,480	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	10,549	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	10,627	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	10,711	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	10,797	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	10,897	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	11,039	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	11,108	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	11,160	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	11,210	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	11,275	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	11,332	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	11,376	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	11,429	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	11,491	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	11,546	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	11,594	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	11,695	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Barbados, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.