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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 FasoMexicoOman
27311,07597,2422,348
27411,40598,4032,403
27511,82899,5992,457
27612,380100,8632,510
27812,829102,1322,562
27913,178103,3342,613
28013,540104,5082,663
28113,917105,7382,713
28214,309107,0832,764
28314,722108,5542,816
28515,152110,0612,871
28615,600111,4682,928
28716,064112,8262,986
28816,563114,1633,047
28917,072115,4713,110
29017,575116,7573,174
29118,094118,0173,240
29118,621117,4443,307
29219,157118,7993,375
29319,698120,2893,444
29420,242121,8723,512
29420,788123,2603,582
29521,336124,4623,651
29521,889125,2473,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.