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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 BarbadosMexicoOmanHonduras
27397,2422,3486,198
27498,4032,4036,367
27599,5992,4576,535
276100,8632,5106,698
278102,1322,5626,863
279103,3342,6137,028
280104,5082,6637,194
281105,7382,7137,359
282107,0832,7647,522
283108,5542,8167,682
285110,0612,8717,839
286111,4682,9287,991
287112,8262,9868,141
288114,1633,0478,288
289115,4713,1108,429
290116,7573,1748,546
291118,0173,2408,661
291117,4443,3078,770
292118,7993,3758,878
293120,2893,4449,002
294121,8723,5129,154
294123,2603,5829,304
295124,4623,6519,448
295125,2473,6969,590

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