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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	South Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	46,617	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	47,008	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	47,370	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	47,645	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	47,892	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	48,083	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	48,185	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	48,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	48,684	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	49,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	49,308	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	49,554	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	49,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	50,200	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	50,429	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	50,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	51,015	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	51,218	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	51,362	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	51,585	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	51,765	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	51,836	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	51,745	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	51,731	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.

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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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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