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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Congo - Kinshasa	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	51,181	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	52,782	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	56,170	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	57,860	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	59,599	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	61,474	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	63,479	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	65,590	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	67,800	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	70,114	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	72,550	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	75,138	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	77,792	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	80,534	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	83,368	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	86,229	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	89,193	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	92,209	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	95,232	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	98,320	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	101,499	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	104,767	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	108,171	85,108

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.