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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 NetherlandsOmanSeychelles
15,8172,34878
15,9322,40379
16,0522,45780
16,1552,51081
16,2312,56282
16,2882,61383
16,3262,66384
16,3522,71385
16,3882,76486
16,4522,81687
16,5362,87187
16,6212,92888
16,6992,98689
16,7613,04790
16,8103,11091
16,8713,17492
16,9463,24092
17,0363,30793
17,1373,37594
17,2383,44495
17,3513,51296
17,4483,58297
17,5393,65198
17,7093,69698

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