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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 BarbadosMexicoOmanMongolia
27397,2422,3482,433
27498,4032,4032,461
27599,5992,4572,489
276100,8632,5102,519
278102,1322,5622,547
279103,3342,6132,574
280104,5082,6632,602
281105,7382,7132,633
282107,0832,7642,666
283108,5542,8162,702
285110,0612,8712,741
286111,4682,9282,783
287112,8262,9862,827
288114,1633,0472,870
289115,4713,1102,912
290116,7573,1742,953
291118,0173,2402,993
291117,4443,3073,031
292118,7993,3753,068
293120,2893,4443,103
294121,8723,5123,171
294123,2603,5823,231
295124,4623,6513,284
295125,2473,6963,333

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