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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 NetherlandsAlbaniaLuxembourg
15,8173,085433
15,9323,065438
16,0523,047443
16,1553,038448
16,2313,026454
16,2883,014460
16,3262,998467
16,3522,979474
16,3882,957482
16,4522,934491
16,5362,915500
16,6212,900509
16,6992,892521
16,7612,888533
16,8102,882547
16,8712,876560
16,9462,868571
17,0362,863586
17,1372,861599
17,2382,854610
17,3512,842623
17,4482,825633
17,5392,799643
17,7092,787651

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