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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,811	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,901	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,919	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,923	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,940	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,975	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,991	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,993	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,990	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,987	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,985	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,983	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	3,980	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,977	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,973	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,968	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,963	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,957	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,951	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,944	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,937	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,929	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,921	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,876	46,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.