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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 - KinshasaOmanMexicoParaguay
51,1812,34897,2425,366
52,7822,40398,4035,473
54,4532,45799,5995,579
56,1702,510100,8635,683
57,8602,562102,1325,786
59,5992,613103,3345,886
61,4742,663104,5085,984
63,4792,713105,7386,080
65,5902,764107,0836,173
67,8002,816108,5546,264
70,1142,871110,0616,352
72,5502,928111,4686,438
75,1382,986112,8266,522
77,7923,047114,1636,605
80,5343,110115,4716,688
83,3683,174116,7576,769
86,2293,240118,0176,850
89,1933,307117,4446,930
92,2093,375118,7997,012
95,2323,444120,2897,095
98,3203,512121,8727,179
101,4993,582123,2607,263
104,7673,651124,4627,348
108,1713,696125,2477,432

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