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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date UzbekistanBurkina FasoBelgium
24,70111,07510,227
25,04211,40510,252
25,37211,82810,288
25,69612,38010,334
25,99212,82910,377
26,26813,17810,422
26,54013,54010,480
26,81213,91710,549
27,08114,30910,627
27,34714,72210,711
27,60915,15210,797
27,86915,60010,897
28,13216,06411,039
28,39816,56311,108
28,66617,07211,160
28,93417,57511,210
29,20518,09411,275
29,48018,62111,332
29,75619,15711,376
30,03119,69811,429
30,30520,24211,491
30,57620,78811,546
30,84321,33611,594
31,33721,88911,695

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