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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Belgium	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	10,227	627
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	10,252	659
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	10,288	691
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	10,334	724
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	10,377	757
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	10,422	850
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	10,480	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	10,549	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	10,627	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	10,711	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	10,797	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	10,897	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	11,039	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	11,108	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	11,160	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	11,210	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	11,275	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	11,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	11,376	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	11,429	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	11,491	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	11,546	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	11,594	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	11,695	2,559

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 Afghanistan, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.