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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Estonia	Mexico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	97,242	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	98,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	99,599	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	100,863	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	102,132	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	103,334	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	104,508	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	105,738	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	107,083	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	108,554	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	110,061	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	111,468	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	112,826	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	114,163	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	115,471	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	116,757	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	118,017	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	117,444	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	118,799	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	120,289	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	121,872	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	123,260	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	124,462	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	125,247	108,171

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