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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MexicoOmanSão Tomé & Príncipe
97,2422,348138
98,4032,403141
99,5992,457144
100,8632,510147
102,1322,562151
103,3342,613154
104,5082,663158
105,7382,713161
107,0832,764165
108,5542,816168
110,0612,871172
111,4682,928176
112,8262,986180
114,1633,047183
115,4713,110187
116,7573,174190
118,0173,240194
117,4443,307198
118,7993,375201
120,2893,444204
121,8723,512208
123,2603,582212
124,4623,651216
125,2473,696220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.