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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 NetherlandsCentral African RepublicBarbados
15,8173,889273
15,9323,980274
16,0524,054275
16,1554,128276
16,2314,215278
16,2884,289279
16,3264,363280
16,3524,449281
16,3884,544282
16,4524,641283
16,5364,742285
16,6214,845286
16,6994,950287
16,7615,057288
16,8105,167289
16,8715,278290
16,9465,392291
17,0365,507291
17,1375,625292
17,2385,745293
17,3515,874294
17,4486,025294
17,5396,154295
17,7096,291295

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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.