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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 DominicaPalestinian TerritoriesMexico
702,99697,242
713,07598,403
713,15599,599
723,235100,863
723,315102,132
723,396103,334
723,478104,508
723,559105,738
723,642107,083
733,727108,554
733,817110,061
733,907111,468
733,997112,826
734,088114,163
734,178115,471
734,269116,757
744,359118,017
744,451117,444
744,533118,799
744,615120,289
754,715121,872
754,820123,260
764,930124,462
765,042125,247

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 Dominica, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.