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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 BarbadosMexicoOmanCambodia
27397,2422,34812,122
27498,4032,40312,317
27599,5992,45712,504
276100,8632,51012,691
278102,1322,56212,881
279103,3342,61313,076
280104,5082,66313,276
281105,7382,71313,461
282107,0832,76413,630
283108,5542,81613,808
285110,0612,87113,990
286111,4682,92814,162
287112,8262,98614,322
288114,1633,04714,480
289115,4713,11014,637
290116,7573,17414,793
291118,0173,24014,994
291117,4443,30715,238
292118,7993,37515,480
293120,2893,44415,717
294121,8723,51215,944
294123,2603,58216,149
295124,4623,65116,338
295125,2473,69616,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.