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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 - KinshasaEstoniaNetherlands
51,1811,37815,817
52,7821,40015,932
54,4531,39116,052
56,1701,38216,155
57,8601,37416,231
59,5991,36516,288
61,4741,35716,326
63,4791,34916,352
65,5901,34116,388
67,8001,33716,452
70,1141,33416,536
72,5501,33216,621
75,1381,32816,699
77,7921,32416,761
80,5341,31916,810
83,3681,31416,871
86,2291,31216,946
89,1931,31417,036
92,2091,31417,137
95,2321,31817,238
98,3201,32317,351
101,4991,32717,448
104,7671,32917,539
108,1711,33017,709

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.