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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Barbados	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	530	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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.