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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Oman	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	6,833

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.

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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