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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Qatar	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	627	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	659	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	691	154
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	724	155
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	757	156
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	850	157
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	1,001	157
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	1,153	158
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	1,306	159
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	1,460	160
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	1,615	160
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	1,770	161
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	1,904	162
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	2,010	162
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	2,103	163
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	2,187	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	2,261	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	2,326	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	2,384	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	2,435	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	2,480	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	2,519	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	2,553	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	2,559	167

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 Qatar, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.