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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Sudan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	26,168	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	26,771	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	27,387	285
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	28,017	288
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	28,662	289
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	29,321	293
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	29,996	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	30,686	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	31,393	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	32,137	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	33,078	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	33,891	318
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	34,568	319
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	35,293	321
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	36,093	324
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	37,058	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	38,165	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	39,294	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	40,512	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	41,764	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	42,952	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	44,121	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	45,290	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	46,498	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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