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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	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	11,075	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	11,405	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	11,828	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	12,380	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	12,829	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	13,178	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	13,540	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	13,917	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	14,309	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	14,722	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	15,152	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	15,600	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	16,064	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	16,563	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	17,072	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	17,575	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	18,094	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	18,621	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	19,157	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	19,698	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	20,242	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	20,788	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	21,336	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	21,889	121,234	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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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