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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Oman	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	25,826

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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.