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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 QatarCongo - KinshasaNetherlands
62751,18115,817
65952,78215,932
69154,45316,052
72456,17016,155
75757,86016,231
85059,59916,288
1,00161,47416,326
1,15363,47916,352
1,30665,59016,388
1,46067,80016,452
1,61570,11416,536
1,77072,55016,621
1,90475,13816,699
2,01077,79216,761
2,10380,53416,810
2,18783,36816,871
2,26186,22916,946
2,32689,19317,036
2,38492,20917,137
2,43595,23217,238
2,48098,32017,351
2,519101,49917,448
2,553104,76717,539
2,559108,17117,709

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.