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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	11,075	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	11,405	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	11,828	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	12,380	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	12,829	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	13,178	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	13,540	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	13,917	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	14,309	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	14,722	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	15,152	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	15,600	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	16,064	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	16,563	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	17,072	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	17,575	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	18,094	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	18,621	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	19,157	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	19,698	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	20,242	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	20,788	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	21,336	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	21,889	217,718

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.

All data sources

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: 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
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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