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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Puerto Rico	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	3,800	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	3,811	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	3,819	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	3,824	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	3,826	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	3,827	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	3,822	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	3,805	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	3,783	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	3,761	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	3,741	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	3,722	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	3,679	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	3,636	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	3,589	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	3,534	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	3,473	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	3,411	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	3,352	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	3,295	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	3,268	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	3,247	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	3,232	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	3,228	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.