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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	108,171	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.