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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 CambodiaOmanNetherlands
12,1222,34815,817
12,3172,40315,932
12,5042,45716,052
12,6912,51016,155
12,8812,56216,231
13,0762,61316,288
13,2762,66316,326
13,4612,71316,352
13,6302,76416,388
13,8082,81616,452
13,9902,87116,536
14,1622,92816,621
14,3222,98616,699
14,4803,04716,761
14,6373,11016,810
14,7933,17416,871
14,9943,24016,946
15,2383,30717,036
15,4803,37517,137
15,7173,44417,238
15,9443,51217,351
16,1493,58217,448
16,3383,65117,539
16,5143,69617,709

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