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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	21,889

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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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