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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Belgium	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	10,227	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	10,252	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	10,288	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	10,334	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	10,377	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	10,422	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	10,480	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	10,549	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	10,627	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	10,711	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	10,797	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	10,897	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	11,039	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	11,108	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	11,160	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	11,210	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	11,275	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	11,332	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	11,376	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	11,429	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	11,491	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	11,546	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	11,594	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	11,695	2,787

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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.