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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Mexico	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	97,242	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	98,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	99,599	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	100,863	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	102,132	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	103,334	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	104,508	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	105,738	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	107,083	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	108,554	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	110,061	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	111,468	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	112,826	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	114,163	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	115,471	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	116,757	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	118,017	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	117,444	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	118,799	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	120,289	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	121,872	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	123,260	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	124,462	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.