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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	Laos	Burkina Faso	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	217,718

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 Laos, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.