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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	121,234

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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