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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	19,266	295

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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