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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	2,996	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	3,075	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	3,155	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	3,235	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	3,315	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	3,396	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	3,478	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	3,559	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	3,642	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	3,727	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	3,817	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	3,907	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	3,997	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	4,088	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	4,178	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	4,269	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	4,359	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	4,451	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	4,533	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	4,615	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	4,715	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	4,820	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	4,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	5,042	108,171

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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.