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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	11,075	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	11,405	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	11,828	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	12,380	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	12,829	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	13,178	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	13,540	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	13,917	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	14,309	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	14,722	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	15,152	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	15,600	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	16,064	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	16,563	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	17,072	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	17,575	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	18,094	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	18,621	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	19,157	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	19,698	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	20,242	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	20,788	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	21,336	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	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 Malta, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.