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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 BarbadosLuxembourgMoldovaMexico
2734334,24497,242
2744384,19998,403
2754434,15499,599
2764484,108100,863
2784544,059102,132
2794604,013103,334
2804673,966104,508
2814743,919105,738
2824823,873107,083
2834913,829108,554
2855003,788110,061
2865093,748111,468
2875213,709112,826
2885333,671114,163
2895473,633115,471
2905603,595116,757
2915713,558118,017
2915863,522117,444
2925993,485118,799
2936103,448120,289
2946233,412121,872
2946333,376123,260
2956433,339124,462
2956513,570125,247

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, Luxembourg, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.