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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 BarbadosMexicoBurkina FasoSeychelles
27397,24211,07578
27498,40311,40579
27599,59911,82880
276100,86312,38081
278102,13212,82982
279103,33413,17883
280104,50813,54084
281105,73813,91785
282107,08314,30986
283108,55414,72287
285110,06115,15287
286111,46815,60088
287112,82616,06489
288114,16316,56390
289115,47117,07291
290116,75717,57592
291118,01718,09492
291117,44418,62193
292118,79919,15794
293120,28919,69895
294121,87220,24296
294123,26020,78897
295124,46221,33698
295125,24721,88998

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, Burkina Faso, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.