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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 FasoSenegal
15,81711,07510,070
15,93211,40510,305
16,05211,82810,576
16,15512,38010,864
16,23112,82911,172
16,28813,17811,498
16,32613,54011,839
16,35213,91712,204
16,38814,30912,584
16,45214,72212,978
16,53615,15213,382
16,62115,60013,794
16,69916,06414,226
16,76116,56314,668
16,81017,07215,121
16,87117,57515,589
16,94618,09416,066
17,03618,62116,549
17,13719,15717,044
17,23819,69817,535
17,35120,24218,021
17,44820,78818,518
17,53921,33619,016
17,70921,88919,512

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