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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	Oman	Belgium	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	10,227	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	10,252	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	10,288	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	10,334	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	10,377	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	10,422	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	10,480	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	10,549	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	10,627	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	10,711	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	10,797	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	10,897	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	11,039	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	11,108	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	11,160	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	11,210	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	11,275	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	11,332	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	11,376	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	11,429	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	11,491	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	11,546	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	11,594	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	11,695	1,087

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