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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	Philippines	Belgium	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	10,227	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	10,252	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	10,288	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	10,334	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	10,377	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	10,422	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	10,480	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	10,549	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	10,627	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	10,711	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	10,797	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	10,897	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	11,039	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	11,108	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	11,160	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	11,210	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	11,275	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	11,332	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	11,376	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	11,429	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	11,491	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	11,546	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	11,594	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	11,695	167

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

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.

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.