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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Cuba	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	63,382

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.