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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	51,181	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	52,782	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	54,453	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	56,170	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	57,860	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	59,599	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	61,474	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	63,479	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	65,590	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	67,800	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	70,114	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	72,550	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	75,138	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	77,792	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	80,534	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	83,368	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	86,229	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	89,193	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	92,209	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	95,232	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	98,320	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	101,499	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	104,767	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.