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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	4,911

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