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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 BelgiumPuerto RicoTrinidad & Tobago
10,2273,8001,301
10,2523,8111,303
10,2883,8191,308
10,3343,8241,314
10,3773,8261,320
10,4223,8271,326
10,4803,8221,332
10,5493,8051,338
10,6273,7831,344
10,7113,7611,352
10,7973,7411,359
10,8973,7221,365
11,0393,6791,372
11,1083,6361,379
11,1603,5891,386
11,2103,5341,392
11,2753,4731,399
11,3323,4111,405
11,3763,3521,411
11,4293,2951,436
11,4913,2681,452
11,5463,2471,448
11,5943,2321,450
11,6953,2281,456

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