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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	Dominica	Belgium	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,227	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,252	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,288	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,334	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,377	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,422	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,480	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,549	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,627	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,711	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,797	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,897	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	11,039	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	11,108	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	11,160	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	11,210	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	11,275	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,332	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,376	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	11,429	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	11,491	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	11,546	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	11,594	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	11,695	21,889	7,666

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.