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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	8,007	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	8,177	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	8,351	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	8,529	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	8,711	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	8,895	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	9,081	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	9,268	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	9,457	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	9,647	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	9,836	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	10,024	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	10,211	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	10,397	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	10,581	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	10,763	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	10,942	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	11,118	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	11,289	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	11,456	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	11,621	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	11,775	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	11,917	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	12,060	21,889

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.