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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.