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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	Burkina Faso	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	11,075	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	11,405	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	11,828	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	12,380	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	12,829	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	13,178	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	13,540	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	13,917	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	14,309	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	14,722	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	15,152	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	15,600	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	16,064	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	16,563	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	17,072	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	17,575	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	18,094	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	18,621	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	19,157	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	19,698	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	20,242	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	20,788	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	21,336	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	21,889	295	530

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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.