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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 FasoMexicoSeychelles
27311,07597,24278
27411,40598,40379
27511,82899,59980
27612,380100,86381
27812,829102,13282
27913,178103,33483
28013,540104,50884
28113,917105,73885
28214,309107,08386
28314,722108,55487
28515,152110,06187
28615,600111,46888
28716,064112,82689
28816,563114,16390
28917,072115,47191
29017,575116,75792
29118,094118,01792
29118,621117,44493
29219,157118,79994
29319,698120,28995
29420,242121,87296
29420,788123,26097
29521,336124,46298
29521,889125,24798

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