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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	Burkina Faso	Brazil	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	174,320	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	176,902	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	179,389	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	181,721	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	183,970	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	186,165	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	188,330	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	190,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	192,450	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	194,458	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	196,464	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	198,408	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	200,152	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	201,894	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	203,614	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	205,358	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	207,148	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	208,859	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	210,537	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	212,258	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	213,940	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	215,577	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	216,720	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	217,718	7,666

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, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.