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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Belgium	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,227	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,252	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,288	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,334	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,377	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,422	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,480	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,549	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,627	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,711	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,797	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,897	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	73	11,039	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	73	11,108	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	73	11,160	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	73	11,210	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	74	11,275	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,332	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,376	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	74	11,429	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	75	11,491	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	75	11,546	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	76	11,594	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	76	11,695	37,101

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 Dominica, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.