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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	Brazil	Burkina Faso	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	11,075	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	11,405	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	11,828	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	12,380	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	12,829	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	13,178	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	13,540	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	13,917	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	14,309	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	14,722	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	15,152	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	15,600	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	16,064	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	16,563	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	17,072	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	17,575	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	18,094	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	18,621	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	19,157	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	19,698	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	20,242	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	20,788	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	21,336	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	21,889	47,625

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;

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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