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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Canada	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	30,510	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	30,796	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	31,132	285
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	31,473	288
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	31,758	289
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	32,055	293
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	32,360	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	32,688	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	33,007	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	33,367	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	33,750	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	34,127	318
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	34,463	319
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	34,839	321
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	35,209	324
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	35,565	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	35,831	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	36,239	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	36,677	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	37,198	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	37,736	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	38,174	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	38,383	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	38,685	380

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.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.