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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	Iceland	Liberia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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.

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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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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