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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	Zambia	Oman	Belgium	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	10,227	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	10,252	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	10,288	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	10,334	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	10,377	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	10,422	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	10,480	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	10,549	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	10,627	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	10,711	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	10,797	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	10,897	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	11,039	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	11,108	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	11,160	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	11,210	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	11,275	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	11,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	11,376	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	11,429	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	11,491	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	11,546	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	11,594	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	11,695	651

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Oman, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.