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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	Madagascar	Belgium	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	10,227	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	10,252	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	10,288	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	10,334	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	10,377	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	10,422	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	10,480	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	10,549	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	10,627	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	10,711	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	10,797	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	10,897	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	11,039	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	11,108	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	11,160	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	11,210	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	11,275	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	11,332	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	11,376	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	11,429	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	11,491	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	11,546	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	11,594	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	11,695	21,889

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, Madagascar, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.