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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 AfghanistanOmanNetherlands
22,2062,34815,817
22,4612,40315,932
22,5072,45716,052
23,6002,51016,155
25,0052,56216,231
25,6982,61316,288
26,3352,66316,326
27,1542,71316,352
27,3872,76416,388
27,7062,81616,452
28,4842,87116,536
29,1212,92816,621
29,7582,98616,699
30,4203,04716,761
31,1083,11016,810
31,8233,17416,871
32,5643,24016,946
33,3323,30717,036
34,1253,37517,137
34,9413,44417,238
35,9723,51217,351
37,0343,58217,448
38,1273,65117,539
39,2523,69617,709

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

Netherlands

  • 1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
  • 1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
  • 1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.