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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 NetherlandsLaosMalta
15,8175,286387
15,9325,397390
16,0525,499393
16,1555,578396
16,2315,654398
16,2885,746401
16,3265,836404
16,3525,931405
16,3886,035406
16,4526,145409
16,5366,257412
16,6216,368414
16,6996,477416
16,7616,586420
16,8106,695426
16,8716,804435
16,9466,912445
17,0367,019455
17,1377,127468
17,2387,234485
17,3517,343504
17,4487,452516
17,5397,560518
17,7097,666530

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