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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	11,075	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	11,405	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	11,828	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	12,380	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	12,829	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	13,178	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	13,540	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	13,917	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	14,309	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	14,722	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	15,152	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	15,600	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	16,064	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	16,563	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	17,072	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	17,575	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	18,094	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	18,621	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	19,157	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	19,698	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	20,242	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	20,788	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	21,336	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	21,889	6,291	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 Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.