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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	Malta	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	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

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