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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,348	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,403	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,457	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,510	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,562	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,613	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,663	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,713	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,764	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,816	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,871	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,928	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,986	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,047	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,110	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,174	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,240	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,307	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,375	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,444	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,512	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,582	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,651	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,696	21,889	3,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.