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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	125,247

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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