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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Oman	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	2,348	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	2,403	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	2,510	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	2,562	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	2,613	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	2,663	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	2,713	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	2,764	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	2,816	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	2,871	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	2,928	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	2,986	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	3,047	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	3,110	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	3,174	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	3,240	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	3,307	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	3,375	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	3,444	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	3,512	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	3,582	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	3,651	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	3,696	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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