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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 MexicoBurkina FasoOman
97,24211,0752,348
98,40311,4052,403
99,59911,8282,457
100,86312,3802,510
102,13212,8292,562
103,33413,1782,613
104,50813,5402,663
105,73813,9172,713
107,08314,3092,764
108,55414,7222,816
110,06115,1522,871
111,46815,6002,928
112,82616,0642,986
114,16316,5633,047
115,47117,0723,110
116,75717,5753,174
118,01718,0943,240
117,44418,6213,307
118,79919,1573,375
120,28919,6983,444
121,87220,2423,512
123,26020,7883,582
124,46221,3363,651
125,24721,8893,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.