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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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