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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	3,811	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	3,901	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	3,919	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	3,923	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	3,940	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	3,975	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	3,991	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	3,993	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	3,990	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	3,987	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	3,985	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	3,983	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	3,980	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,977	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,973	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,968	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,963	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,957	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,951	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,944	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,937	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,929	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,921	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,876	121,234

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.