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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 NetherlandsCongo - KinshasaOman
15,81751,1812,348
15,93252,7822,403
16,05254,4532,457
16,15556,1702,510
16,23157,8602,562
16,28859,5992,613
16,32661,4742,663
16,35263,4792,713
16,38865,5902,764
16,45267,8002,816
16,53670,1142,871
16,62172,5502,928
16,69975,1382,986
16,76177,7923,047
16,81080,5343,110
16,87183,3683,174
16,94686,2293,240
17,03689,1933,307
17,13792,2093,375
17,23895,2323,444
17,35198,3203,512
17,448101,4993,582
17,539104,7673,651
17,709108,1713,696

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.