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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Myanmar (Burma)	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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.