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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date OmanMexicoCongo - Kinshasa
2,34897,24251,181
2,40398,40352,782
2,45799,59954,453
2,510100,86356,170
2,562102,13257,860
2,613103,33459,599
2,663104,50861,474
2,713105,73863,479
2,764107,08365,590
2,816108,55467,800
2,871110,06170,114
2,928111,46872,550
2,986112,82675,138
3,047114,16377,792
3,110115,47180,534
3,174116,75783,368
3,240118,01786,229
3,307117,44489,193
3,375118,79992,209
3,444120,28995,232
3,512121,87298,320
3,582123,260101,499
3,651124,462104,767
3,696125,247108,171

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