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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 NetherlandsQatarCongo - Kinshasa
15,81762751,181
15,93265952,782
16,05269154,453
16,15572456,170
16,23175757,860
16,28885059,599
16,3261,00161,474
16,3521,15363,479
16,3881,30665,590
16,4521,46067,800
16,5361,61570,114
16,6211,77072,550
16,6991,90475,138
16,7612,01077,792
16,8102,10380,534
16,8712,18783,368
16,9462,26186,229
17,0362,32689,193
17,1372,38492,209
17,2382,43595,232
17,3512,48098,320
17,4482,519101,499
17,5392,553104,767
17,7092,559108,171

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 Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.