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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	18,348

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

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