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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SenegalBurkina FasoMexico
10,07011,07597,242
10,30511,40598,403
10,57611,82899,599
10,86412,380100,863
11,17212,829102,132
11,49813,178103,334
11,83913,540104,508
12,20413,917105,738
12,58414,309107,083
12,97814,722108,554
13,38215,152110,061
13,79415,600111,468
14,22616,064112,826
14,66816,563114,163
15,12117,072115,471
15,58917,575116,757
16,06618,094118,017
16,54918,621117,444
17,04419,157118,799
17,53519,698120,289
18,02120,242121,872
18,51820,788123,260
19,01621,336124,462
19,51221,889125,247

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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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 Senegal, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.