総計 VS 合計

I was reading the Japanese Wikipedia article for various countries, and I noticed that, for the total area (面積) and total number of population (人口), 総計 is used, while, for GDP (自国通貨表示), 合計 is used.

What's the difference between both of them, and how do I know when to use which one?

by ikkue

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