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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Slovenia	Congo - Kinshasa	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	1,998	51,181	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	2,004	52,782	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	2,006	54,453	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	2,009	56,170	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	2,010	57,860	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	2,011	59,599	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	2,015	61,474	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	2,022	63,479	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	2,033	65,590	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	2,036	67,800	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	2,056	70,114	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	2,063	72,550	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	2,067	75,138	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	2,071	77,792	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	2,074	80,534	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	2,076	83,368	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	2,078	86,229	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	2,079	89,193	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	2,081	92,209	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	2,087	95,232	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	2,104	98,320	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	2,118	101,499	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	2,123	104,767	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	2,124	108,171	125,247

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.