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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 NetherlandsSão Tomé & PríncipeOman
15,8171382,348
15,9321412,403
16,0521442,457
16,1551472,510
16,2311512,562
16,2881542,613
16,3261582,663
16,3521612,713
16,3881652,764
16,4521682,816
16,5361722,871
16,6211762,928
16,6991802,986
16,7611833,047
16,8101873,110
16,8711903,174
16,9461943,240
17,0361983,307
17,1372013,375
17,2382043,444
17,3512083,512
17,4482123,582
17,5392163,651
17,7092203,696

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.