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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Congo - Kinshasa	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	51,181	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	52,782	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	54,453	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	56,170	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	57,860	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	59,599	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	61,474	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	63,479	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	65,590	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	67,800	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	70,114	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	72,550	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	75,138	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	77,792	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	80,534	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	83,368	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	86,229	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	89,193	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	92,209	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	95,232	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	98,320	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	101,499	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	104,767	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	108,171	18,494

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