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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Japan	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	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

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.

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.