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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	125,247

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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