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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Oman	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	2,348	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	2,403	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	2,457	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	2,510	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	2,562	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	2,613	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	2,663	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	2,713	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	2,764	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	2,816	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	2,871	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	2,928	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	2,986	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	3,047	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	3,110	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	3,174	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	3,240	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	3,307	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	3,375	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	3,444	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	3,512	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	3,582	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	3,651	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	3,696	6,910

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