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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 BarbadosMexicoOmanIsrael
27397,2422,3485,927
27498,4032,4036,088
27599,5992,4576,236
276100,8632,5106,366
278102,1322,5626,484
279103,3342,6136,603
280104,5082,6636,723
281105,7382,7136,846
282107,0832,7646,972
283108,5542,8167,100
285110,0612,8717,226
286111,4682,9287,360
287112,8262,9867,498
288114,1633,0477,637
289115,4713,1107,781
290116,7573,1747,931
291118,0173,2408,091
291117,4443,3078,251
292118,7993,3758,412
293120,2893,4448,576
294121,8723,5128,742
294123,2603,5828,899
295124,4623,6519,047
295125,2473,6969,188

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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