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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Burkina Faso	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	11,075	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	11,405	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	11,828	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	12,380	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	12,829	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	13,178	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	13,540	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	13,917	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	14,309	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	14,722	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	15,152	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	15,600	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	16,064	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	16,563	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	17,072	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	17,575	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	18,094	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	18,621	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	19,157	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	19,698	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	20,242	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	20,788	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	21,336	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	21,889	19,715

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

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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