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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nigeria	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.