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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Sudan	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	26,168	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	26,771	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	27,387	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	28,017	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	28,662	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	29,321	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	29,996	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	30,686	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	31,393	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	32,137	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	33,078	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	33,891	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	34,568	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	35,293	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	36,093	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	37,058	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	38,165	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	39,294	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	40,512	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	41,764	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	42,952	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	44,121	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	45,290	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	46,498	6,291

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