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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	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	295	651

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, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.