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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Central African RepublicBosnia & HerzegovinaMexico
3,8893,81197,242
3,9803,90198,403
4,0543,91999,599
4,1283,923100,863
4,2153,940102,132
4,2893,975103,334
4,3633,991104,508
4,4493,993105,738
4,5443,990107,083
4,6413,987108,554
4,7423,985110,061
4,8453,983111,468
4,9503,980112,826
5,0573,977114,163
5,1673,973115,471
5,2783,968116,757
5,3923,963118,017
5,5073,957117,444
5,6253,951118,799
5,7453,944120,289
5,8743,937121,872
6,0253,929123,260
6,1543,921124,462
6,2913,876125,247

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.