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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 Congo - KinshasaBelgiumAlbania
51,18110,2273,085
52,78210,2523,065
54,45310,2883,047
56,17010,3343,038
57,86010,3773,026
59,59910,4223,014
61,47410,4802,998
63,47910,5492,979
65,59010,6272,957
67,80010,7112,934
70,11410,7972,915
72,55010,8972,900
75,13811,0392,892
77,79211,1082,888
80,53411,1602,882
83,36811,2102,876
86,22911,2752,868
89,19311,3322,863
92,20911,3762,861
95,23211,4292,854
98,32011,4912,842
101,49911,5462,825
104,76711,5942,799
108,17111,6952,787

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.