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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Colombia | Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 38,365 | 3,800 | |
| 274 | 38,911 | 3,811 | |
| 275 | 39,411 | 3,819 | |
| 276 | 39,918 | 3,824 | |
| 278 | 40,416 | 3,826 | |
| 279 | 40,899 | 3,827 | |
| 280 | 41,374 | 3,822 | |
| 281 | 41,862 | 3,805 | |
| 282 | 42,324 | 3,783 | |
| 283 | 42,781 | 3,761 | |
| 285 | 43,264 | 3,741 | |
| 286 | 43,771 | 3,722 | |
| 287 | 44,225 | 3,679 | |
| 288 | 44,660 | 3,636 | |
| 289 | 45,081 | 3,589 | |
| 290 | 45,846 | 3,534 | |
| 291 | 46,290 | 3,473 | |
| 291 | 46,796 | 3,411 | |
| 292 | 47,385 | 3,352 | |
| 293 | 48,222 | 3,295 | |
| 294 | 49,326 | 3,268 | |
| 294 | 50,283 | 3,247 | |
| 295 | 50,978 | 3,232 | |
| 295 | 51,332 | 3,228 |
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.
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
Colombia
- 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
- 1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
- 1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978
No separate list is published for Barbados, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.