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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	11,075	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	11,405	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	11,828	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	12,380	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	12,829	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	13,178	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	13,540	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	13,917	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	14,309	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	14,722	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	15,152	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	15,600	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	16,064	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	16,563	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	17,072	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	17,575	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	18,094	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	18,621	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	19,157	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	19,698	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	20,242	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	20,788	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	21,336	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	21,889	31,058

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