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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	Chile	Belgium	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	10,227	433
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	10,252	438
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	10,288	443
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	10,334	448
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	10,377	454
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	10,422	460
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	10,480	467
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	10,549	474
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	10,627	482
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	10,711	491
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	10,797	500
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	10,897	509
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	11,039	521
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	11,108	533
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	11,160	547
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	11,210	560
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	11,275	571
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	11,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	11,376	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	11,429	610
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	11,491	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	11,546	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	11,594	643
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	11,695	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.