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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 NetherlandsLaosCongo - Kinshasa
15,8175,28651,181
15,9325,39752,782
16,0525,49954,453
16,1555,57856,170
16,2315,65457,860
16,2885,74659,599
16,3265,83661,474
16,3525,93163,479
16,3886,03565,590
16,4526,14567,800
16,5366,25770,114
16,6216,36872,550
16,6996,47775,138
16,7616,58677,792
16,8106,69580,534
16,8716,80483,368
16,9466,91286,229
17,0367,01989,193
17,1377,12792,209
17,2387,23495,232
17,3517,34398,320
17,4487,452101,499
17,5397,560104,767
17,7097,666108,171

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.

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