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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosEthiopiaOmanMexico
27363,5752,34897,242
27465,2132,40398,403
27566,8892,45799,599
27668,6492,510100,863
27870,4912,562102,132
27972,3892,613103,334
28074,3272,663104,508
28176,3262,713105,738
28278,4112,764107,083
28380,5642,816108,554
28582,7872,871110,061
28685,0962,928111,468
28787,5302,986112,826
28890,0663,047114,163
28992,6323,110115,471
29095,3373,174116,757
29198,1143,240118,017
291100,8583,307117,444
292103,6543,375118,799
293106,4663,444120,289
294109,2673,512121,872
294112,1003,582123,260
295114,9643,651124,462
295117,9243,696125,247

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