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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	2,048	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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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