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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	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

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.