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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Burkina Faso	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	11,075	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	11,405	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	11,828	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	12,380	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	12,829	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	13,178	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	13,540	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	13,917	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	14,309	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	14,722	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	15,152	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	15,600	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	16,064	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	16,563	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	17,072	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	17,575	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	18,094	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	18,621	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	19,157	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	19,698	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	20,242	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	20,788	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	21,336	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	21,889	125,247

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.

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.