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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	Malta	Belgium	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,227	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,252	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,288	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	10,334	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	10,377	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	10,422	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	10,480	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	10,549	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	10,627	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	10,711	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	10,797	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	10,897	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	11,039	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	11,108	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	11,160	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	11,210	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	11,275	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	11,332	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	11,376	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	11,429	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	11,491	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	11,546	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	11,594	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	11,695	121,234

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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