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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.