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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BelgiumLaosTrinidad & Tobago
10,2275,2861,301
10,2525,3971,303
10,2885,4991,308
10,3345,5781,314
10,3775,6541,320
10,4225,7461,326
10,4805,8361,332
10,5495,9311,338
10,6276,0351,344
10,7116,1451,352
10,7976,2571,359
10,8976,3681,365
11,0396,4771,372
11,1086,5861,379
11,1606,6951,386
11,2106,8041,392
11,2756,9121,399
11,3327,0191,405
11,3767,1271,411
11,4297,2341,436
11,4917,3431,452
11,5467,4521,448
11,5947,5601,450
11,6957,6661,456

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 Laos, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.