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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Mexico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	97,242	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	98,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	99,599	275
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	100,863	276
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	102,132	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	103,334	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	104,508	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	105,738	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	107,083	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	108,554	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	110,061	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	111,468	286
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	112,826	287
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	114,163	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	115,471	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	116,757	290
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	118,017	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	117,444	291
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	118,799	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	120,289	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	121,872	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	123,260	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	124,462	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	125,247	295

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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.