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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Palestinian Territories	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	2,996	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	3,075	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	3,155	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	3,235	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	3,315	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,396	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,478	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,559	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,642	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,727	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,817	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,907	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,997	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	4,088	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	4,178	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	4,269	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	4,359	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	4,451	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	4,533	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	4,615	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	4,715	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	4,820	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	4,930	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	5,042	17,709

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.