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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BrazilBurkina FasoDominican Republic
174,32011,0758,175
176,90211,4058,301
179,38911,8288,427
181,72112,3808,553
183,97012,8298,678
186,16513,1788,801
188,33013,5408,924
190,43813,9179,044
192,45014,3099,164
194,45814,7229,281
196,46415,1529,398
198,40815,6009,512
200,15216,0649,627
201,89416,5639,742
203,61417,0729,855
205,35817,5759,965
207,14818,09410,072
208,85918,62110,177
210,53719,15710,281
212,25819,69810,385
213,94020,24210,487
215,57720,78810,587
216,72021,33610,686
217,71821,88910,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.