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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Albania	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	152	3,085	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	153	3,065	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	154	3,047	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	155	3,038	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	156	3,026	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	157	3,014	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,998	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,979	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,957	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,934	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,915	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,900	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,892	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	162	2,888	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	163	2,882	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	163	2,876	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	164	2,868	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	164	2,863	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	165	2,861	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	166	2,854	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	166	2,842	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	167	2,825	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	167	2,799	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	167	2,787	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

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 St. Lucia, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.