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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Mexico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	97,242	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	98,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	99,599	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	100,863	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	102,132	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	103,334	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	104,508	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	105,738	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	107,083	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	108,554	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	110,061	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	111,468	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	112,826	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	114,163	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	115,471	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	116,757	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	118,017	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	117,444	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	118,799	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	120,289	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	121,872	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	123,260	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	124,462	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	125,247	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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; the database as a whole is cited above.