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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	623
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	623
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	623
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	622
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	621
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	621
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	621
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	620
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	620
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	621
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	622
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	623
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	622
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	622
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	622
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	621
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	620
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	618
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	616
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	614
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	613
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	612
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	611
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	610

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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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