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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Dominica	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.