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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	Mali	Burkina Faso	Belgium	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	10,227	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	10,252	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	10,334	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	10,377	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	10,422	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	10,480	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	10,549	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	10,627	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	10,711	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	10,797	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	10,897	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	11,039	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	11,108	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	11,160	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	11,210	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	11,275	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	11,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	11,376	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	11,429	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	11,491	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	11,546	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	11,594	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	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 Mali, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.