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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,741	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,847	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,917	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,978	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,983	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,005	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,138	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,311	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,469	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,603	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,708	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,817	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,984	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,141	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,244	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,348	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,460	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,576	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,689	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,810	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	4,904	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,005	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,109	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.