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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	108,171	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.