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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	Brazil	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	174,320	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	176,902	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	179,389	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	181,721	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	183,970	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	186,165	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	188,330	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	190,438	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	192,450	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	194,458	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	196,464	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	198,408	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	200,152	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	201,894	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	203,614	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	205,358	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	207,148	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	208,859	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	210,537	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	212,258	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	213,940	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	215,577	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	216,720	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	217,718	21,889

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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.