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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBurkina FasoMexicoAlbania
27311,07597,2423,085
27411,40598,4033,065
27511,82899,5993,047
27612,380100,8633,038
27812,829102,1323,026
27913,178103,3343,014
28013,540104,5082,998
28113,917105,7382,979
28214,309107,0832,957
28314,722108,5542,934
28515,152110,0612,915
28615,600111,4682,900
28716,064112,8262,892
28816,563114,1632,888
28917,072115,4712,882
29017,575116,7572,876
29118,094118,0172,868
29118,621117,4442,863
29219,157118,7992,861
29319,698120,2892,854
29420,242121,8722,842
29420,788123,2602,825
29521,336124,4622,799
29521,889125,2472,787

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

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, Burkina Faso, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.