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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Brazil	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	174,320	627
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	176,902	659
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	179,389	691
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	181,721	724
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	183,970	757
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	186,165	850
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	188,330	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	190,438	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	192,450	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	194,458	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	196,464	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	198,408	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	200,152	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	201,894	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	203,614	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	205,358	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	207,148	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	208,859	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	210,537	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	212,258	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	213,940	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	215,577	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	216,720	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	217,718	2,559

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