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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	17,709

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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; the database as a whole is cited above.