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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Barbados	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	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

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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.