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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 NetherlandsOmanDenmark
15,8172,3485,322
15,9322,4035,339
16,0522,4575,358
16,1552,5105,377
16,2312,5625,391
16,2882,6135,404
16,3262,6635,420
16,3522,7135,438
16,3882,7645,461
16,4522,8165,494
16,5362,8715,524
16,6212,9285,548
16,6992,9865,571
16,7613,0475,592
16,8103,1105,614
16,8713,1745,644
16,9463,2405,683
17,0363,3075,730
17,1373,3755,766
17,2383,4445,795
17,3513,5125,818
17,4483,5825,831
17,5393,6515,855
17,7093,6965,907

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