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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Qatar	São Tomé & Príncipe	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	220	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 Qatar, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.