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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 Congo - KinshasaBarbadosNetherlands
51,18127315,817
52,78227415,932
54,45327516,052
56,17027616,155
57,86027816,231
59,59927916,288
61,47428016,326
63,47928116,352
65,59028216,388
67,80028316,452
70,11428516,536
72,55028616,621
75,13828716,699
77,79228816,761
80,53428916,810
83,36829016,871
86,22929116,946
89,19329117,036
92,20929217,137
95,23229317,238
98,32029417,351
101,49929417,448
104,76729517,539
108,17129517,709

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