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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	28,237

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.