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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 BarbadosOmanMexicoMongolia
2732,34897,2422,433
2742,40398,4032,461
2752,45799,5992,489
2762,510100,8632,519
2782,562102,1322,547
2792,613103,3342,574
2802,663104,5082,602
2812,713105,7382,633
2822,764107,0832,666
2832,816108,5542,702
2852,871110,0612,741
2862,928111,4682,783
2872,986112,8262,827
2883,047114,1632,870
2893,110115,4712,912
2903,174116,7572,953
2913,240118,0172,993
2913,307117,4443,031
2923,375118,7993,068
2933,444120,2893,103
2943,512121,8723,171
2943,582123,2603,231
2953,651124,4623,284
2953,696125,2473,333

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.