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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaMexicoSão Tomé & Príncipe
51,18197,242138
52,78298,403141
54,45399,599144
56,170100,863147
57,860102,132151
59,599103,334154
61,474104,508158
63,479105,738161
65,590107,083165
67,800108,554168
70,114110,061172
72,550111,468176
75,138112,826180
77,792114,163183
80,534115,471187
83,368116,757190
86,229118,017194
89,193117,444198
92,209118,799201
95,232120,289204
98,320121,872208
101,499123,260212
104,767124,462216
108,171125,247220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.