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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Trinidad & TobagoBelgiumPuerto Rico
1,30110,2273,800
1,30310,2523,811
1,30810,2883,819
1,31410,3343,824
1,32010,3773,826
1,32610,4223,827
1,33210,4803,822
1,33810,5493,805
1,34410,6273,783
1,35210,7113,761
1,35910,7973,741
1,36510,8973,722
1,37211,0393,679
1,37911,1083,636
1,38611,1603,589
1,39211,2103,534
1,39911,2753,473
1,40511,3323,411
1,41111,3763,352
1,43611,4293,295
1,45211,4913,268
1,44811,5463,247
1,45011,5943,232
1,45611,6953,228

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.