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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Switzerland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	7,258	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	7,296	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	7,332	443
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	7,384	448
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	7,438	454
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	7,488	460
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	7,532	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	7,579	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	7,647	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	7,738	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	7,825	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	7,884	509
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	7,959	521
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	8,044	533
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	8,137	547
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	8,237	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	8,332	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	8,423	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	8,502	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	8,565	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	8,626	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	8,689	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	8,756	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	8,834	651

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.

Switzerland

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
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.