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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	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Brazil	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	174,320	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	176,902	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	179,389	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	181,721	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	183,970	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	186,165	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	188,330	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	190,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	192,450	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	194,458	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	196,464	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	198,408	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	200,152	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	201,894	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	203,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	205,358	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	207,148	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	208,859	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	210,537	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	212,258	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	213,940	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	215,577	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	216,720	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	217,718	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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