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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	108,171	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.