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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	9,918

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

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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.