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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 - KinshasaSudan
15,81751,18126,168
15,93252,78226,771
16,05254,45327,387
16,15556,17028,017
16,23157,86028,662
16,28859,59929,321
16,32661,47429,996
16,35263,47930,686
16,38865,59031,393
16,45267,80032,137
16,53670,11433,078
16,62172,55033,891
16,69975,13834,568
16,76177,79235,293
16,81080,53436,093
16,87183,36837,058
16,94686,22938,165
17,03689,19339,294
17,13792,20940,512
17,23895,23241,764
17,35198,32042,952
17,448101,49944,121
17,539104,76745,290
17,709108,17146,498

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