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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sudan	Belgium	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	10,227	627
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	10,252	659
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	10,288	691
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	10,334	724
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	10,377	757
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	10,422	850
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	10,480	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	10,549	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	10,627	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	10,711	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	10,797	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	10,897	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	11,039	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	11,108	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	11,160	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	11,210	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	11,275	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	11,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	11,376	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	11,429	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	11,491	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	11,546	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	11,594	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	11,695	2,559

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 Sudan, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.