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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 BarbadosQatarMexicoParaguay
27362797,2425,366
27465998,4035,473
27569199,5995,579
276724100,8635,683
278757102,1325,786
279850103,3345,886
2801,001104,5085,984
2811,153105,7386,080
2821,306107,0836,173
2831,460108,5546,264
2851,615110,0616,352
2861,770111,4686,438
2871,904112,8266,522
2882,010114,1636,605
2892,103115,4716,688
2902,187116,7576,769
2912,261118,0176,850
2912,326117,4446,930
2922,384118,7997,012
2932,435120,2897,095
2942,480121,8727,179
2942,519123,2607,263
2952,553124,4627,348
2952,559125,2477,432

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