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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Dominican RepublicCongo - KinshasaBelgium
8,17551,18110,227
8,30152,78210,252
8,42754,45310,288
8,55356,17010,334
8,67857,86010,377
8,80159,59910,422
8,92461,47410,480
9,04463,47910,549
9,16465,59010,627
9,28167,80010,711
9,39870,11410,797
9,51272,55010,897
9,62775,13811,039
9,74277,79211,108
9,85580,53411,160
9,96583,36811,210
10,07286,22911,275
10,17789,19311,332
10,28192,20911,376
10,38595,23211,429
10,48798,32011,491
10,587101,49911,546
10,686104,76711,594
10,793108,17111,695

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

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