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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date St. LuciaBrazilBurkina Faso
152174,32011,075
153176,90211,405
154179,38911,828
155181,72112,380
156183,97012,829
157186,16513,178
157188,33013,540
158190,43813,917
159192,45014,309
160194,45814,722
160196,46415,152
161198,40815,600
162200,15216,064
162201,89416,563
163203,61417,072
163205,35817,575
164207,14818,094
164208,85918,621
165210,53719,157
166212,25819,698
166213,94020,242
167215,57720,788
167216,72021,336
167217,71821,889

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

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