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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 BarbadosParaguayMexicoQatar
2735,36697,242627
2745,47398,403659
2755,57999,599691
2765,683100,863724
2785,786102,132757
2795,886103,334850
2805,984104,5081,001
2816,080105,7381,153
2826,173107,0831,306
2836,264108,5541,460
2856,352110,0611,615
2866,438111,4681,770
2876,522112,8261,904
2886,605114,1632,010
2896,688115,4712,103
2906,769116,7572,187
2916,850118,0172,261
2916,930117,4442,326
2927,012118,7992,384
2937,095120,2892,435
2947,179121,8722,480
2947,263123,2602,519
2957,348124,4622,553
2957,432125,2472,559

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, Paraguay, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.