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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	285
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	288
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	289
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	293
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	318
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	319
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	321
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	324
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.