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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	121,234

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.

All data sources

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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