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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 FasoHong Kong SAR China
15,81711,0756,587
15,93211,4056,646
16,05211,8286,695
16,15512,3806,725
16,23112,8296,712
16,28813,1786,765
16,32613,5406,794
16,35213,9176,838
16,38814,3096,897
16,45214,7226,938
16,53615,1526,953
16,62115,6007,004
16,69916,0647,052
16,76116,5637,130
16,81017,0727,159
16,87117,5757,209
16,94618,0947,271
17,03618,6217,316
17,13719,1577,372
17,23819,6987,432
17,35120,2427,487
17,44820,7887,460
17,53921,3367,392
17,70921,8897,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.