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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 BarbadosSri LankaOmanMexico
27319,3542,34897,242
27419,6102,40398,403
27519,8382,45799,599
27620,0602,510100,863
27820,2972,562102,132
27920,5292,613103,334
28020,7032,663104,508
28120,9172,713105,738
28221,1202,764107,083
28321,3152,816108,554
28521,5032,871110,061
28621,7132,928111,468
28721,9182,986112,826
28822,1203,047114,163
28922,3203,110115,471
29022,5173,174116,757
29122,7113,240118,017
29122,8993,307117,444
29223,0803,375118,799
29323,2543,444120,289
29423,4203,512121,872
29423,5793,582123,260
29523,7323,651124,462
29523,7963,696125,247

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