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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	Benin	Oman	Belgium	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	10,227	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	10,252	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	10,334	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	10,377	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	10,422	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	10,480	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	10,549	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	10,627	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	10,711	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	10,797	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	10,897	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	11,039	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	11,108	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	11,160	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	11,210	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	11,275	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	11,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	11,376	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	11,429	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	11,491	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	11,546	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	11,594	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	11,695	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 Benin, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.