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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Mexico	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	97,242	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	98,403	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	99,599	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	100,863	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	102,132	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	103,334	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	104,508	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	105,738	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	107,083	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	108,554	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	110,061	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	111,468	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	112,826	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	114,163	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	115,471	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	116,757	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	118,017	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	117,444	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	118,799	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	120,289	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	121,872	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	123,260	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	124,462	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	125,247	13,087

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

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.