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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nigeria	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.