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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	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	38,685	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.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.