Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	18,494

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.