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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BelgiumTrinidad & TobagoEstonia
10,2271,3011,378
10,2521,3031,400
10,2881,3081,391
10,3341,3141,382
10,3771,3201,374
10,4221,3261,365
10,4801,3321,357
10,5491,3381,349
10,6271,3441,341
10,7111,3521,337
10,7971,3591,334
10,8971,3651,332
11,0391,3721,328
11,1081,3791,324
11,1601,3861,319
11,2101,3921,314
11,2751,3991,312
11,3321,4051,314
11,3761,4111,314
11,4291,4361,318
11,4911,4521,323
11,5461,4481,327
11,5941,4501,329
11,6951,4561,330

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.