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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Belgium	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	10,227	78
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	10,252	79
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	10,288	80
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	10,334	81
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	10,377	82
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	10,422	83
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	10,480	84
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	10,549	85
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	10,627	86
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	10,711	87
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	10,797	87
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	10,897	88
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	11,039	89
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	11,108	90
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	11,160	91
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	11,210	92
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	11,275	92
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	11,332	93
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	11,376	94
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	11,429	95
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	11,491	96
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	11,546	97
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	11,594	98
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	11,695	98

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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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