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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Iceland	United States	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	279,040	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	282,162	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	284,969	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	287,625	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	290,108	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	292,805	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	295,517	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	298,380	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	301,231	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	304,094	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	306,772	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	309,327	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	311,583	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	313,878	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	316,060	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	318,386	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	320,739	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	323,072	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	325,122	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	326,838	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	328,330	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	331,512	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	332,032	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	333,288	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.