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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	11,075	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	11,405	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	11,828	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	12,380	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	12,829	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	13,178	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	13,540	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	13,917	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	14,309	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	14,722	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	15,152	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	15,600	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	16,064	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	16,563	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	17,072	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	17,575	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	18,094	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	18,621	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	19,157	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	19,698	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	20,242	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	20,788	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	21,336	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	21,889	17,709

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

South Korea

1911-1990: 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
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.