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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Spain	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	40,378	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	40,563	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	40,775	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	41,433	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	42,205	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	42,869	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	43,672	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	44,370	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	45,246	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	45,993	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	46,378	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	46,573	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	46,746	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	46,777	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	46,603	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	46,465	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	46,420	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	46,460	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	46,543	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	46,739	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	47,116	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	47,366	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	47,342	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	47,625	11,695

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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.