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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Denmark	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	5,322	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	5,339	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	5,358	559
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	5,377	574
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	5,391	590
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	5,404	606
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	5,420	623
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	5,438	640
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	5,461	657
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	5,494	674
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	5,524	690
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	5,548	706
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	5,571	722
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	5,592	737
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	5,614	752
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	5,644	767
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	5,683	781
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	5,730	795
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	5,766	808
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	5,795	821
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	5,818	837
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	5,831	853
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	5,855	869
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	5,907	885

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 Denmark, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.