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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	11,075	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	11,405	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	11,828	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	12,380	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	12,829	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	13,178	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	13,540	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	13,917	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	14,309	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	14,722	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	15,152	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	15,600	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	16,064	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	16,563	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	17,072	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	17,575	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	18,094	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	18,621	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	19,157	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	19,698	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	20,242	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	20,788	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	21,336	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	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.

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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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.