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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	108,171	83,811

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.