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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Trinidad & TobagoCongo - KinshasaMexico
1,30151,18197,242
1,30352,78298,403
1,30854,45399,599
1,31456,170100,863
1,32057,860102,132
1,32659,599103,334
1,33261,474104,508
1,33863,479105,738
1,34465,590107,083
1,35267,800108,554
1,35970,114110,061
1,36572,550111,468
1,37275,138112,826
1,37977,792114,163
1,38680,534115,471
1,39283,368116,757
1,39986,229118,017
1,40589,193117,444
1,41192,209118,799
1,43695,232120,289
1,45298,320121,872
1,448101,499123,260
1,450104,767124,462
1,456108,171125,247

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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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 Trinidad & Tobago, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.