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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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