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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Colombia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	38,365	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	38,911	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	39,411	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	39,918	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	40,416	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	40,899	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	41,374	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	41,862	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	42,324	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	42,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	43,264	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	43,771	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	44,225	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	44,660	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	45,081	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	45,846	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	46,290	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	46,796	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	47,385	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	48,222	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	49,326	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	50,283	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	50,978	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	51,332	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.

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

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).

Colombia

1800 - 1870: 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)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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