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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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