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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,811	627
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,901	659
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,919	691
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,923	724
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,940	757
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,975	850
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,991	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,993	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,990	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,987	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,985	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,983	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	3,980	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,977	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,973	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,968	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,963	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,957	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,951	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,944	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,937	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,929	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,921	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,876	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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.