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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 NetherlandsOmanMalta
15,8172,348387
15,9322,403390
16,0522,457393
16,1552,510396
16,2312,562398
16,2882,613401
16,3262,663404
16,3522,713405
16,3882,764406
16,4522,816409
16,5362,871412
16,6212,928414
16,6992,986416
16,7613,047420
16,8103,110426
16,8713,174435
16,9463,240445
17,0363,307455
17,1373,375468
17,2383,444485
17,3513,512504
17,4483,582516
17,5393,651518
17,7093,696530

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