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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	Nigeria	Oman	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	2,348	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	2,403	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	2,510	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	2,562	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	2,613	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	2,663	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	2,713	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	2,764	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	2,816	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	2,871	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	2,928	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	2,986	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	3,047	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	3,110	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	3,174	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	3,240	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	3,307	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	3,375	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	3,444	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	3,512	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	3,582	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	3,651	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	3,696	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.