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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgBrazilBurkina Faso
433174,32011,075
438176,90211,405
443179,38911,828
448181,72112,380
454183,97012,829
460186,16513,178
467188,33013,540
474190,43813,917
482192,45014,309
491194,45814,722
500196,46415,152
509198,40815,600
521200,15216,064
533201,89416,563
547203,61417,072
560205,35817,575
571207,14818,094
586208,85918,621
599210,53719,157
610212,25819,698
623213,94020,242
633215,57720,788
643216,72021,336
651217,71821,889

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