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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	Paraguay	Belgium	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	10,227	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	10,252	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	10,288	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	10,334	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	10,377	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	10,422	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	10,480	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	10,549	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	10,627	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	10,711	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	10,797	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	10,897	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	11,039	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	11,108	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	11,160	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	11,210	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	11,275	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	11,332	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	11,376	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	11,429	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	11,491	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	11,546	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	11,594	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	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

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