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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Belgium	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	10,227	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	10,252	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	10,288	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	10,334	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	10,377	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	10,422	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	10,480	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	10,549	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	10,627	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	10,711	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	10,797	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	10,897	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	11,039	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	11,108	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	11,160	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	11,210	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	11,275	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	11,332	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	11,376	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	11,429	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	11,491	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	11,546	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	11,594	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	11,695	51,731

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995