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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSenegalBurkina FasoMexico
27310,07011,07597,242
27410,30511,40598,403
27510,57611,82899,599
27610,86412,380100,863
27811,17212,829102,132
27911,49813,178103,334
28011,83913,540104,508
28112,20413,917105,738
28212,58414,309107,083
28312,97814,722108,554
28513,38215,152110,061
28613,79415,600111,468
28714,22616,064112,826
28814,66816,563114,163
28915,12117,072115,471
29015,58917,575116,757
29116,06618,094118,017
29116,54918,621117,444
29217,04419,157118,799
29317,53519,698120,289
29418,02120,242121,872
29418,51820,788123,260
29519,01621,336124,462
29519,51221,889125,247

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, Senegal, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.