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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	India	Barbados	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	273	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	274	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	275	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	276	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	278	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	279	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	280	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	281	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	282	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	283	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	285	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	286	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	287	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	288	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	289	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	290	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	291	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	291	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	292	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	293	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	294	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	294	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	295	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	295	1,456

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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