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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MexicoCongo - KinshasaCentral African Republic
97,24251,1813,889
98,40352,7823,980
99,59954,4534,054
100,86356,1704,128
102,13257,8604,215
103,33459,5994,289
104,50861,4744,363
105,73863,4794,449
107,08365,5904,544
108,55467,8004,641
110,06170,1144,742
111,46872,5504,845
112,82675,1384,950
114,16377,7925,057
115,47180,5345,167
116,75783,3685,278
118,01786,2295,392
117,44489,1935,507
118,79992,2095,625
120,28995,2325,745
121,87298,3205,874
123,260101,4996,025
124,462104,7676,154
125,247108,1716,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.