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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 NetherlandsNepalOman
15,81723,0872,348
15,93223,4872,403
16,05223,8872,457
16,15524,2732,510
16,23124,6452,562
16,28824,9892,613
16,32625,2552,663
16,35225,4842,713
16,38825,7322,764
16,45225,9982,816
16,53626,2982,871
16,62126,6642,928
16,69927,0812,986
16,76127,5053,047
16,81027,9173,110
16,87128,3113,174
16,94628,6783,240
17,03629,0343,307
17,13729,3843,375
17,23829,7183,444
17,35130,0573,512
17,44830,5953,582
17,53931,3113,651
17,70931,8453,696

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 Nepal, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.