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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 BarbadosParaguayNetherlands
2735,36615,817
2745,47315,932
2755,57916,052
2765,68316,155
2785,78616,231
2795,88616,288
2805,98416,326
2816,08016,352
2826,17316,388
2836,26416,452
2856,35216,536
2866,43816,621
2876,52216,699
2886,60516,761
2896,68816,810
2906,76916,871
2916,85016,946
2916,93017,036
2927,01217,137
2937,09517,238
2947,17917,351
2947,26317,448
2957,34817,539
2957,43217,709

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 Barbados, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.