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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	Yemen	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	16,728	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	17,236	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	17,762	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	18,310	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	18,855	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	19,410	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	20,000	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	20,611	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,236	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	21,878	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	22,533	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	23,195	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	23,880	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	24,594	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	25,311	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	26,020	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	26,698	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	27,347	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	27,985	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	28,608	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	29,216	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	29,811	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	30,399	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,058	11,695

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, Malta, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.