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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	Brazil	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	21,889	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.