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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Malta	Mexico	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	97,242	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	98,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	99,599	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	100,863	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	102,132	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	103,334	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	104,508	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	105,738	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	107,083	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	108,554	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	110,061	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	111,468	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	112,826	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	114,163	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	115,471	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	116,757	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	118,017	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	117,444	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	118,799	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	120,289	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	121,872	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	123,260	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	124,462	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	125,247	19,266

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.