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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	Belgium	Albania	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	3,085	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	3,065	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	3,047	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	3,038	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	3,026	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	3,014	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,998	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,979	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,957	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,934	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,915	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,900	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,892	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	2,888	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	2,882	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	2,876	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	2,868	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	2,863	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	2,861	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	2,854	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	2,842	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	2,825	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	2,799	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	2,787	46,498	295

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