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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	279,040	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	282,162	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	284,969	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	287,625	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	290,108	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	292,805	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	295,517	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	298,380	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	301,231	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	304,094	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	306,772	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	309,327	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	311,583	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	313,878	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	316,060	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	318,386	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	320,739	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	323,072	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	325,122	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	326,838	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	328,330	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	331,512	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	332,032	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	333,288	83,811

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.