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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Belgium	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	138	10,227	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	141	10,252	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	144	10,288	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	147	10,334	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	151	10,377	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	154	10,422	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	158	10,480	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	161	10,549	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	165	10,627	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	168	10,711	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	172	10,797	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	176	10,897	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	180	11,039	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	183	11,108	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	187	11,160	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	190	11,210	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	194	11,275	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	198	11,332	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	201	11,376	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	204	11,429	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	208	11,491	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	212	11,546	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	216	11,594	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	220	11,695	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.