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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	108,171	21,889

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.