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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sudan	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	26,168	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	26,771	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	27,387	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	28,017	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	28,662	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	29,321	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	29,996	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	30,686	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	31,393	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	32,137	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	33,078	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	33,891	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	34,568	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	35,293	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	36,093	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	37,058	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	38,165	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	39,294	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	40,512	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	41,764	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	42,952	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	44,121	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	45,290	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	46,498	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.