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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 UgandaOmanMexico
23,4082,34897,242
24,1952,40398,403
24,9922,45799,599
25,8462,510100,863
26,6612,562102,132
27,4142,613103,334
28,2002,663104,508
29,0212,713105,738
29,8462,764107,083
30,6472,816108,554
31,4692,871110,061
32,3432,928111,468
33,2572,986112,826
34,2343,047114,163
35,2713,110115,471
36,4193,174116,757
37,6733,240118,017
39,1573,307117,444
40,8793,375118,799
42,3293,444120,289
43,6393,512121,872
45,1203,582123,260
46,6453,651124,462
48,0653,696125,247

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.