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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	Romania	Oman	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,348	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	2,403	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	2,510	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	2,562	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	2,613	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	2,663	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	2,713	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	2,764	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	2,816	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	2,871	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	2,928	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	2,986	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	3,047	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	3,110	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	3,174	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	3,240	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	3,307	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	3,375	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	3,444	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	3,512	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	3,582	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	3,651	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.