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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nigeria	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

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.

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.