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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 NetherlandsSudanMalta
15,81726,168387
15,93226,771390
16,05227,387393
16,15528,017396
16,23128,662398
16,28829,321401
16,32629,996404
16,35230,686405
16,38831,393406
16,45232,137409
16,53633,078412
16,62133,891414
16,69934,568416
16,76135,293420
16,81036,093426
16,87137,058435
16,94638,165445
17,03639,294455
17,13740,512468
17,23841,764485
17,35142,952504
17,44844,121516
17,53945,290518
17,70946,498530

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