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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Congo - Kinshasa	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	51,181	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	52,782	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	54,453	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	56,170	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	57,860	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	59,599	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	61,474	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	63,479	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	65,590	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	67,800	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	70,114	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	72,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	75,138	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	77,792	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	80,534	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	83,368	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	86,229	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	89,193	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	92,209	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	95,232	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	98,320	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	101,499	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	104,767	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	108,171	2,048

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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