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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nepal	Barbados	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	273	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	274	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	275	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	276	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	278	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	279	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	280	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	281	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	282	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	283	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	285	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	286	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	287	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	288	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	289	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	290	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	291	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	291	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	292	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	293	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	294	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	294	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	295	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	295	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.

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