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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Uganda	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	23,408	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	24,195	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	24,992	443
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	25,846	448
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	26,661	454
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	27,414	460
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	28,200	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	29,021	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	29,846	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	30,647	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	31,469	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	32,343	509
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	33,257	521
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	34,234	533
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	35,271	547
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	36,419	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	37,673	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	39,157	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	40,879	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	42,329	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	43,639	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	45,120	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	46,645	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	48,065	651

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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