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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 - KinshasaNetherlandsAlbania
51,18115,8173,085
52,78215,9323,065
54,45316,0523,047
56,17016,1553,038
57,86016,2313,026
59,59916,2883,014
61,47416,3262,998
63,47916,3522,979
65,59016,3882,957
67,80016,4522,934
70,11416,5362,915
72,55016,6212,900
75,13816,6992,892
77,79216,7612,888
80,53416,8102,882
83,36816,8712,876
86,22916,9462,868
89,19317,0362,863
92,20917,1372,861
95,23217,2382,854
98,32017,3512,842
101,49917,4482,825
104,76717,5392,799
108,17117,7092,787

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