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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	19,715

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

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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