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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mexico	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	19,266	167

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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