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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 FasoMexicoSenegal
27311,07597,24210,070
27411,40598,40310,305
27511,82899,59910,576
27612,380100,86310,864
27812,829102,13211,172
27913,178103,33411,498
28013,540104,50811,839
28113,917105,73812,204
28214,309107,08312,584
28314,722108,55412,978
28515,152110,06113,382
28615,600111,46813,794
28716,064112,82614,226
28816,563114,16314,668
28917,072115,47115,121
29017,575116,75715,589
29118,094118,01716,066
29118,621117,44416,549
29219,157118,79917,044
29319,698120,28917,535
29420,242121,87218,021
29420,788123,26018,518
29521,336124,46219,016
29521,889125,24719,512

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