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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Japan	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	126,512	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	126,755	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	127,056	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	127,324	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	127,558	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	127,658	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	127,679	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	127,762	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	127,904	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	127,969	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	127,958	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	127,967	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	127,755	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	127,476	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	127,257	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	127,186	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	127,034	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	126,857	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	126,631	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	126,368	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	126,092	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	125,634	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	125,427	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	124,762	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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.