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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Burkina Faso	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	63,382

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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