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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Central African Republic	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	3,889	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	3,980	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	4,054	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	4,128	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	4,215	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	4,289	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	4,363	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	4,449	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	4,544	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	4,641	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	4,742	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	4,845	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	4,950	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	5,057	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	5,167	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	5,278	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	5,392	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	5,507	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	5,625	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	5,745	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	5,874	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	6,025	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	6,154	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	6,291	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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.