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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Portugal	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	10,144	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	10,215	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	10,288	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	10,344	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	10,383	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	10,408	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	10,427	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	10,446	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	10,467	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	10,482	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	10,492	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	10,497	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	10,481	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	10,439	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	10,382	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	10,326	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	10,283	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	10,251	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	10,226	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	10,209	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	10,212	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	10,223	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	10,214	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	10,200	31,058

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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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