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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MexicoYemenCongo - Kinshasa
97,24216,72851,181
98,40317,23652,782
99,59917,76254,453
100,86318,31056,170
102,13218,85557,860
103,33419,41059,599
104,50820,00061,474
105,73820,61163,479
107,08321,23665,590
108,55421,87867,800
110,06122,53370,114
111,46823,19572,550
112,82623,88075,138
114,16324,59477,792
115,47125,31180,534
116,75726,02083,368
118,01726,69886,229
117,44427,34789,193
118,79927,98592,209
120,28928,60895,232
121,87229,21698,320
123,26029,811101,499
124,46230,399104,767
125,24731,058108,171

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