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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Turkmenistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	4,324	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	4,385	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	4,444	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	4,502	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	4,556	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	4,608	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	4,664	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	4,719	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	4,773	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	4,828	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	4,884	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	4,940	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	4,996	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	5,053	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	5,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	5,169	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	5,227	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	5,287	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	5,346	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	5,405	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	5,464	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	5,522	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	5,579	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	5,657	530

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 Turkmenistan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.