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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	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	11,075	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	11,405	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	11,828	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	12,380	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	12,829	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	13,178	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	13,540	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	13,917	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	14,309	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	14,722	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	15,152	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	15,600	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	16,064	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	16,563	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	17,072	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	17,575	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	18,094	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	18,621	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	19,157	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	19,698	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	20,242	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	20,788	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	21,336	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	21,889	174,217	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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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