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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Belgium	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	10,227	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	10,252	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	10,288	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	10,334	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	10,377	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	10,422	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	10,480	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	10,549	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	10,627	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	10,711	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	10,797	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	10,897	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	11,039	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	11,108	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	11,160	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	11,210	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	11,275	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	11,332	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	11,376	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	11,429	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	11,491	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	11,546	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	11,594	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	11,695	3,570

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.