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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 BarbadosMoldovaMexicoPalestinian Territories
2734,24497,2422,996
2744,19998,4033,075
2754,15499,5993,155
2764,108100,8633,235
2784,059102,1323,315
2794,013103,3343,396
2803,966104,5083,478
2813,919105,7383,559
2823,873107,0833,642
2833,829108,5543,727
2853,788110,0613,817
2863,748111,4683,907
2873,709112,8263,997
2883,671114,1634,088
2893,633115,4714,178
2903,595116,7574,269
2913,558118,0174,359
2913,522117,4444,451
2923,485118,7994,533
2933,448120,2894,615
2943,412121,8724,715
2943,376123,2604,820
2953,339124,4624,930
2953,570125,2475,042

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