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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	28,418

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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