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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	108,171	46,498

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