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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	10,227	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	10,252	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	10,288	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	10,334	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	10,377	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	10,422	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	10,480	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	10,549	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	10,627	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	10,711	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	10,797	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	10,897	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	11,039	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	11,108	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	11,160	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	11,210	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	11,275	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	11,332	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	11,376	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	11,429	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	11,491	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	11,546	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	11,594	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	11,695	46,498

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