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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 FasoTrinidad & Tobago
174,32011,0751,301
176,90211,4051,303
179,38911,8281,308
181,72112,3801,314
183,97012,8291,320
186,16513,1781,326
188,33013,5401,332
190,43813,9171,338
192,45014,3091,344
194,45814,7221,352
196,46415,1521,359
198,40815,6001,365
200,15216,0641,372
201,89416,5631,379
203,61417,0721,386
205,35817,5751,392
207,14818,0941,399
208,85918,6211,405
210,53719,1571,411
212,25819,6981,436
213,94020,2421,452
215,57720,7881,448
216,72021,3361,450
217,71821,8891,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.