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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 FasoSeychelles
15,81711,07578
15,93211,40579
16,05211,82880
16,15512,38081
16,23112,82982
16,28813,17883
16,32613,54084
16,35213,91785
16,38814,30986
16,45214,72287
16,53615,15287
16,62115,60088
16,69916,06489
16,76116,56390
16,81017,07291
16,87117,57592
16,94618,09492
17,03618,62193
17,13719,15794
17,23819,69895
17,35120,24296
17,44820,78897
17,53921,33698
17,70921,88998

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.