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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	India	Germany	Iran	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	81,439	64,704	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	81,474	65,411	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	81,534	66,167	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	81,595	66,689	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	81,566	67,807	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	81,473	68,480	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	81,354	69,325	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	81,190	70,158	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	81,009	71,040	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	80,781	71,942	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	80,500	72,888	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	80,301	73,826	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	80,292	74,625	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	80,443	75,446	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	80,663	76,418	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	81,000	77,521	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	81,704	78,652	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	82,366	79,700	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	82,674	80,725	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	82,923	81,721	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	83,110	82,685	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	83,178	83,614	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	83,213	84,505	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	83,811	85,108	125,247

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.

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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