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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Japan	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.