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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Moldova	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	4,244	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	4,199	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	4,154	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	4,108	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	4,059	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	4,013	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,966	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,919	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,873	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,829	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,788	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,748	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,709	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,671	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,633	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,595	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,558	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,522	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,485	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,448	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,412	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,376	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,339	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,570	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.

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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 Afghanistan, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.