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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 CameroonOmanNetherlands
15,4832,34815,817
15,9132,40315,932
16,3542,45716,052
16,8152,51016,155
17,2892,56216,231
17,7642,61316,288
18,2492,66316,326
18,7462,71316,352
19,2782,76416,388
19,8432,81616,452
20,4192,87116,536
21,0022,92816,621
21,5862,98616,699
22,1813,04716,761
22,8003,11016,810
23,5133,17416,871
24,2733,24016,946
24,9953,30717,036
25,6803,37517,137
26,3733,44417,238
27,1143,51217,351
27,8783,58217,448
28,6633,65117,539
29,4173,69617,709

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 Cameroon, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.