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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Venezuela	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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.