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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.