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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Barbados	Poland
Dec 31, 1999	422	273	38,358
Dec 31, 2000	430	274	38,344
Dec 31, 2001	438	275	38,339
Dec 31, 2002	447	276	38,320
Dec 31, 2003	455	278	38,283
Dec 31, 2004	463	279	38,268
Dec 31, 2005	471	280	38,249
Dec 31, 2006	478	281	38,220
Dec 31, 2007	486	282	38,204
Dec 31, 2008	494	283	38,204
Dec 31, 2009	501	285	38,572
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	38,606
Dec 31, 2011	516	287	38,615
Dec 31, 2012	524	288	38,623
Dec 31, 2013	531	289	38,591
Dec 31, 2014	539	290	38,573
Dec 31, 2015	546	291	38,544
Dec 31, 2016	553	291	38,516
Dec 31, 2017	562	292	38,511
Dec 31, 2018	568	293	38,502
Dec 31, 2019	574	294	38,475
Dec 31, 2020	580	294	38,443
Dec 31, 2021	585	295	38,250
Dec 31, 2022	590	295	37,914

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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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