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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Poland	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	38,358	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	38,344	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	38,339	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	38,320	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	38,283	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	38,268	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	38,249	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	38,220	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	38,204	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	38,204	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	38,572	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	38,606	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	38,615	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	38,623	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	38,591	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	38,573	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	38,544	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	38,516	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	38,511	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	38,502	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	38,475	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	38,443	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,250	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	37,914	295	530

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