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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	Qatar	Italy	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	56,940	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	56,966	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	57,004	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	57,114	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	57,423	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	57,852	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	58,191	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	58,424	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	58,781	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	59,236	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	59,580	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	59,844	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	60,052	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	60,216	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	60,337	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	60,346	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	60,255	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	60,140	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	60,027	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	59,902	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	59,754	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	59,464	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	59,158	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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