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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 NetherlandsBurkina FasoGuinea
15,81711,0757,610
15,93211,4057,780
16,05211,8287,821
16,15512,3807,906
16,23112,8298,121
16,28813,1788,317
16,32613,5408,478
16,35213,9178,650
16,38814,3098,860
16,45214,7229,091
16,53615,1529,327
16,62115,6009,571
16,69916,0649,825
16,76116,56310,084
16,81017,07210,351
16,87117,57510,632
16,94618,09410,924
17,03618,62111,225
17,13719,15711,534
17,23819,69811,855
17,35120,24212,160
17,44820,78812,469
17,53921,33612,778
17,70921,88913,087

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 Burkina Faso, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.