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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	Belgium	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,227	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,252	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,334	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,377	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,422	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,480	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,549	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,627	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,711	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,797	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,897	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,039	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	11,108	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	11,160	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	11,210	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	11,275	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	11,332	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	11,376	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	11,429	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	11,491	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	11,546	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	11,594	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	11,695	19,266	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.

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.

No separate list is published for Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.