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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaCongo - KinshasaNetherlands
2737051,18115,817
2747152,78215,932
2757154,45316,052
2767256,17016,155
2787257,86016,231
2797259,59916,288
2807261,47416,326
2817263,47916,352
2827265,59016,388
2837367,80016,452
2857370,11416,536
2867372,55016,621
2877375,13816,699
2887377,79216,761
2897380,53416,810
2907383,36816,871
2917486,22916,946
2917489,19317,036
2927492,20917,137
2937495,23217,238
2947598,32017,351
29475101,49917,448
29576104,76717,539
29576108,17117,709

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.