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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	Congo - Kinshasa	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	51,181	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	52,782	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	54,453	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	56,170	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	57,860	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	59,599	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	61,474	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	63,479	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	65,590	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	67,800	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	70,114	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	72,550	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	75,138	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	77,792	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	80,534	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	83,368	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	86,229	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	89,193	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	92,209	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	95,232	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	98,320	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	101,499	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	104,767	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	108,171	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

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.