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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	Israel	Burkina Faso	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	11,075	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	11,405	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	11,828	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	12,380	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	12,829	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	13,178	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	13,540	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	13,917	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	14,309	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	14,722	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	15,152	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	15,600	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	16,064	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	16,563	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	17,072	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	17,575	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	18,094	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	18,621	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	19,157	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	19,698	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	20,242	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	20,788	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	21,336	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	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

Israel

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

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; the database as a whole is cited above.