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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	Iceland	Belgium	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	108,171	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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