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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Netherlands	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	17,307

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