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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 - KinshasaLaosNetherlands
51,1815,28615,817
52,7825,39715,932
54,4535,49916,052
56,1705,57816,155
57,8605,65416,231
59,5995,74616,288
61,4745,83616,326
63,4795,93116,352
65,5906,03516,388
67,8006,14516,452
70,1146,25716,536
72,5506,36816,621
75,1386,47716,699
77,7926,58616,761
80,5346,69516,810
83,3686,80416,871
86,2296,91216,946
89,1937,01917,036
92,2097,12717,137
95,2327,23417,238
98,3207,34317,351
101,4997,45217,448
104,7677,56017,539
108,1717,66617,709

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