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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	Moldova	Burkina Faso	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	11,075	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	11,405	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	11,828	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	12,380	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	12,829	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	13,178	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	13,540	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	13,917	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	14,309	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	14,722	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	15,152	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	15,600	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	16,064	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	16,563	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	17,072	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	17,575	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	18,094	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	18,621	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	19,157	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	19,698	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	20,242	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	20,788	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	21,336	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	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, Moldova, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.