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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Oman	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	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

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.