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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 Congo - KinshasaLibyaMexico
51,1814,99397,242
52,7825,11698,403
54,4535,23799,599
56,1705,357100,863
57,8605,476102,132
59,5995,595103,334
61,4745,715104,508
63,4795,835105,738
65,5905,967107,083
67,8006,115108,554
70,1146,270110,061
72,5506,432111,468
75,1386,144112,826
77,7925,849114,163
80,5346,010115,471
83,3686,163116,757
86,2296,291118,017
89,1936,415117,444
92,2096,549118,799
95,2326,689120,289
98,3206,826121,872
101,4996,960123,260
104,7677,088124,462
108,1717,169125,247

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.

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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.