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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	5,907	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.