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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	Barbados	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	273	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	274	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	275	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	276	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	278	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	279	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	280	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	281	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	282	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	283	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	285	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	286	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	287	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	288	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	289	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	290	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	291	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	291	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	292	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	293	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	294	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	294	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	295	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	295	5,750

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.

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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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.