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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 Dominican RepublicJamaicaParaguay
8,1752,6435,366
8,3012,6705,473
8,4272,6945,579
8,5532,7075,683
8,6782,7095,786
8,8012,7115,886
8,9242,7115,984
9,0442,7106,080
9,1642,7086,173
9,2812,7056,264
9,3982,7026,352
9,5122,6976,438
9,6272,6926,522
9,7422,6866,605
9,8552,6826,688
9,9652,6786,769
10,0722,6756,850
10,1772,6746,930
10,2812,6737,012
10,3852,6737,095
10,4872,6747,179
10,5872,6757,263
10,6862,6767,348
10,7932,6767,432

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.

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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

Jamaica

  • 1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.