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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 NetherlandsOmanMali
15,8172,34810,596
15,9322,40310,833
16,0522,45710,890
16,1552,51011,007
16,2312,56211,307
16,2882,61311,579
16,3262,66311,804
16,3522,71312,043
16,3882,76412,337
16,4522,81612,657
16,5362,87112,986
16,6212,92813,325
16,6992,98613,679
16,7613,04714,040
16,8103,11014,412
16,8713,17414,803
16,9463,24015,210
17,0363,30715,629
17,1373,37516,060
17,2383,44416,507
17,3513,51216,967
17,4483,58217,442
17,5393,65117,930
17,7093,69618,494

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