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

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.