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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	11,075	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	11,405	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	11,828	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	12,380	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	12,829	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	13,178	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	13,540	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	13,917	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	14,309	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	14,722	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	15,152	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	15,600	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	16,064	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	16,563	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	17,072	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	17,575	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	18,094	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	18,621	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	19,157	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	19,698	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	20,242	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	20,788	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	21,336	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	21,889	16,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.