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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	108,171	651

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.