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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 NetherlandsOmanBangladesh
15,8172,348132,907
15,9322,403135,207
16,0522,457137,420
16,1552,510139,573
16,2312,562141,650
16,2882,613143,644
16,3262,663145,546
16,3522,713147,376
16,3882,764149,047
16,4522,816150,562
16,5362,871152,189
16,6212,928153,927
16,6992,986155,634
16,7613,047157,326
16,8103,110158,999
16,8713,174160,650
16,9463,240162,273
17,0363,307163,938
17,1373,375165,655
17,2383,444167,358
17,3513,512169,045
17,4483,582170,709
17,5393,651172,354
17,7093,696174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.