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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Peru	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	20,963	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	21,291	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	21,631	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,980	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,339	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,707	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,055	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,380	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,708	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	23,944	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,087	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,228	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,364	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,491	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,607	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,714	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,812	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,904	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,999	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,403	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,966	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,308	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	26,508	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	26,771	125,247

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

Peru

1600–1812: 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: Seminario, B. (2015). El Desarrallo de la Economía Peruana en la Era Moderna, Universidad de Pacifico, Lima
1870-1901: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P, Table A2
1900-1913: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1913-1941: C.A. Bolona Behr, "Tariff Policies in Peru, 1880-1980", Ph.D. thesis, Oxford University, 1981;
1942-1950: "Cuadros del producto interno bruto en dollares de 1950", CEPAL, Santiago, October 1962, mimeographed;
1945-1950: Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, CEPAL, Santiago, 1978.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.