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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 TanzaniaOmanMexico
32,9122,34897,242
33,9532,40398,403
34,9742,45799,599
36,0212,510100,863
37,1002,562102,132
38,1672,613103,334
39,2622,663104,508
40,3872,713105,738
41,5572,764107,083
42,7412,816108,554
43,8892,871110,061
45,1322,928111,468
46,5312,986112,826
47,9653,047114,163
49,4373,110115,471
50,9653,174116,757
52,6043,240118,017
54,3363,307117,444
56,0623,375118,799
57,7653,444120,289
59,4653,512121,872
61,1913,582123,260
62,9443,651124,462
64,8353,696125,247

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