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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	21,889	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.