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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Albania	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,085	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,065	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,047	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,038	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,026	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,014	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,998	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,979	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,957	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,934	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,915	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,892	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	533	2,888	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	547	2,882	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	560	2,876	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	571	2,868	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	586	2,863	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	599	2,861	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	610	2,854	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	623	2,842	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	633	2,825	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	643	2,799	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	651	2,787	17,709

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