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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Burkina Faso	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	11,075	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	11,405	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	11,828	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	12,380	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	12,829	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	13,178	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	13,540	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	13,917	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	14,309	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	14,722	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	15,152	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	15,600	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	16,064	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	16,563	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	17,072	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	17,575	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	18,094	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	18,621	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	19,157	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	19,698	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	20,242	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	20,788	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	21,336	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	21,889	3,696	530

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, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.