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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Madagascar	Belgium	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	10,227	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	10,252	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	10,334	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	10,377	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	10,422	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	10,480	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	10,549	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	10,627	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	10,711	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	10,797	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	10,897	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	11,039	287
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	11,108	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	11,160	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	11,210	290
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	11,275	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	11,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	11,376	292
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	11,429	293
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	11,491	294
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	11,546	294
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	11,594	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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.

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