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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Portugal	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	10,144	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	10,215	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	10,288	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	10,344	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	10,383	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	10,408	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	10,427	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	10,446	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	10,467	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	10,482	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	10,492	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	10,497	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	10,481	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	10,439	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	10,382	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	10,326	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	10,283	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	10,251	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	10,226	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	10,209	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	10,212	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	10,223	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	10,214	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	10,200	3,228

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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