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