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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	5,216

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

Liberia

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