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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Mexico	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	97,242	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	98,403	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	99,599	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	100,863	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	102,132	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	103,334	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	104,508	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	105,738	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	107,083	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	108,554	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	110,061	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	111,468	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	112,826	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	114,163	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	115,471	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	116,757	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	118,017	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	117,444	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	118,799	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	120,289	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	121,872	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	123,260	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	124,462	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	125,247	19,266	295

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.