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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Senegal	Belgium	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,070	10,227	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,305	10,252	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,576	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,864	10,334	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,172	10,377	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,498	10,422	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,839	10,480	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,204	10,549	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,584	10,627	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,978	10,711	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,382	10,797	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,794	10,897	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,226	11,039	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,668	11,108	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,121	11,160	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,589	11,210	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,066	11,275	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,549	11,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,044	11,376	292
Dec 31, 2018	17,535	11,429	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,021	11,491	294
Dec 31, 2020	18,518	11,546	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,016	11,594	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,512	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.

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