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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Oman	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	2,348	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	2,403	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	2,510	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	2,562	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	2,613	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	2,663	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	2,713	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	2,764	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	2,816	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	2,871	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	2,928	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	2,986	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	3,047	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	3,110	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	3,174	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	3,240	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	3,307	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	3,375	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	3,444	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	3,512	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	3,582	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	3,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	3,696	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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