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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	Belgium	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	295	530

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.

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 Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.