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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaDenmarkNetherlands
705,32215,817
715,33915,932
715,35816,052
725,37716,155
725,39116,231
725,40416,288
725,42016,326
725,43816,352
725,46116,388
735,49416,452
735,52416,536
735,54816,621
735,57116,699
735,59216,761
735,61416,810
735,64416,871
745,68316,946
745,73017,036
745,76617,137
745,79517,238
755,81817,351
755,83117,448
765,85517,539
765,90717,709

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 Dominica, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.