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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Spain	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	40,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	40,563	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	40,775	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	41,433	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	42,205	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	42,869	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	43,672	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	44,370	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	45,246	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	45,993	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	46,378	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	46,573	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	46,746	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	46,777	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	46,603	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	46,465	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	46,420	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	46,460	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	46,543	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	46,739	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	47,116	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	47,366	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	47,342	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	47,625	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).

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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