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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Sudan	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	26,168	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	26,771	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	27,387	559
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	28,017	574
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	28,662	590
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	29,321	606
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	29,996	623
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	30,686	640
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	31,393	657
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	32,137	674
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	33,078	690
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	33,891	706
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	34,568	722
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	35,293	737
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	36,093	752
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	37,058	767
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	38,165	781
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	39,294	795
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	40,512	808
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	41,764	821
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	42,952	837
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	44,121	853
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	45,290	869
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	46,498	885

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 Sudan, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.