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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.