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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	Iceland	Bangladesh	Romania	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	22,414	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	22,262	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	22,106	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	21,931	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	21,828	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	21,704	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	21,571	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	21,443	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	21,129	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	20,779	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	20,607	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	20,485	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	20,385	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	20,296	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	20,224	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	20,151	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	20,055	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	19,938	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	19,823	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	19,713	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	19,622	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	19,496	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	19,351	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	19,266	11,695

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.