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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Qatar	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	627	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	659	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	691	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	724	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	757	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	850	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	1,001	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	1,153	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	1,306	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	1,460	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	1,615	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	1,770	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	1,904	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	2,010	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	2,103	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	2,187	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	2,261	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	2,326	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	2,384	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	2,435	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	2,480	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	2,519	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	2,553	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	2,559	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.

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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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.