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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	108,171	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.

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.