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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	295	3,876

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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