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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Netherlands	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	15,817	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	15,932	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	16,052	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	16,155	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	16,231	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	16,288	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	16,326	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	16,352	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	16,388	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	16,452	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	16,536	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	16,621	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	16,699	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	16,761	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	16,810	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	16,871	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	16,946	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	17,036	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	17,137	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	17,238	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	17,351	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	17,448	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	17,539	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	17,709	3,696

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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