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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nigeria	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	333,288

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.

All data sources

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

Nigeria

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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