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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	United Kingdom	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	125,247

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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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