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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Burkina Faso	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	11,075	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	11,405	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	11,828	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	12,380	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	12,829	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	13,178	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	13,540	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	13,917	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	14,309	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	14,722	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	15,152	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	15,600	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	16,064	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	16,563	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	17,072	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	17,575	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	18,094	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	18,621	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	19,157	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	19,698	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	20,242	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	20,788	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	21,336	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	21,889	25,808

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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