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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 BarbadosOmanMexicoLatvia
2732,34897,2422,386
2742,40398,4032,363
2752,45799,5992,333
2762,510100,8632,306
2782,562102,1322,284
2792,613103,3342,259
2802,663104,5082,235
2812,713105,7382,215
2822,764107,0832,197
2832,816108,5542,174
2852,871110,0612,138
2862,928111,4682,093
2872,986112,8262,055
2883,047114,1632,030
2893,110115,4712,009
2903,174116,7571,991
2913,240118,0171,974
2913,307117,4441,956
2923,375118,7991,938
2933,444120,2891,923
2943,512121,8721,910
2943,582123,2601,897
2953,651124,4621,880
2953,696125,2471,883

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