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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Brazil	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	174,320	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	176,902	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	179,389	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	181,721	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	183,970	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	186,165	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	188,330	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	190,438	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	192,450	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	194,458	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	196,464	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	198,408	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	200,152	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	201,894	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	203,614	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	205,358	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	207,148	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	208,859	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	210,537	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	212,258	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	213,940	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	215,577	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	216,720	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	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.

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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 Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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.