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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Belgium	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	10,227	627
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	10,252	659
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	10,288	691
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	10,334	724
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	10,377	757
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	10,422	850
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	10,480	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	10,549	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	10,627	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	10,711	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	10,797	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	10,897	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	11,039	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	11,108	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	11,160	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	11,210	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	11,275	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	11,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	11,376	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	11,429	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	11,491	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	11,546	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	11,594	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.