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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 NetherlandsParaguayMalta
15,8175,366387
15,9325,473390
16,0525,579393
16,1555,683396
16,2315,786398
16,2885,886401
16,3265,984404
16,3526,080405
16,3886,173406
16,4526,264409
16,5366,352412
16,6216,438414
16,6996,522416
16,7616,605420
16,8106,688426
16,8716,769435
16,9466,850445
17,0366,930455
17,1377,012468
17,2387,095485
17,3517,179504
17,4487,263516
17,5397,348518
17,7097,432530

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