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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 MexicoBurkina FasoMalta
97,24211,075387
98,40311,405390
99,59911,828393
100,86312,380396
102,13212,829398
103,33413,178401
104,50813,540404
105,73813,917405
107,08314,309406
108,55414,722409
110,06115,152412
111,46815,600414
112,82616,064416
114,16316,563420
115,47117,072426
116,75717,575435
118,01718,094445
117,44418,621455
118,79919,157468
120,28919,698485
121,87220,242504
123,26020,788516
124,46221,336518
125,24721,889530

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 Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.