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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Albania	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	3,085	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	3,065	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	3,047	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	3,038	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	3,026	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	3,014	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,998	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,979	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,957	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,934	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,915	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,900	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,892	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	2,888	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	2,882	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	2,876	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	2,868	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	2,863	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	2,861	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	2,854	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	2,842	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	2,825	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	2,799	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	2,787	31,058

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 Albania, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.