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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Côte d’Ivoire	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	17,709

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 Barbados, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.