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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Romania	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	22,414	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	22,262	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	22,106	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	21,931	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	21,828	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	21,704	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	21,571	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	21,443	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	21,129	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	20,779	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	20,607	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	20,485	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	20,385	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	20,296	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	20,224	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	20,151	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	20,055	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	19,938	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	19,823	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	19,713	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	19,622	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	19,496	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	19,351	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	19,266	10,099

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.