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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 FasoOmanBarbados
97,24211,0752,348273
98,40311,4052,403274
99,59911,8282,457275
100,86312,3802,510276
102,13212,8292,562278
103,33413,1782,613279
104,50813,5402,663280
105,73813,9172,713281
107,08314,3092,764282
108,55414,7222,816283
110,06115,1522,871285
111,46815,6002,928286
112,82616,0642,986287
114,16316,5633,047288
115,47117,0723,110289
116,75717,5753,174290
118,01718,0943,240291
117,44418,6213,307291
118,79919,1573,375292
120,28919,6983,444293
121,87220,2423,512294
123,26020,7883,582294
124,46221,3363,651295
125,24721,8893,696295

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

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