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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	Oman	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	2,787	530

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 Oman, Albania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.