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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoBrazilBarbados
11,075174,320273
11,405176,902274
11,828179,389275
12,380181,721276
12,829183,970278
13,178186,165279
13,540188,330280
13,917190,438281
14,309192,450282
14,722194,458283
15,152196,464285
15,600198,408286
16,064200,152287
16,563201,894288
17,072203,614289
17,575205,358290
18,094207,148291
18,621208,859291
19,157210,537292
19,698212,258293
20,242213,940294
20,788215,577294
21,336216,720295
21,889217,718295

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.

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