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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	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Brazil	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,811	174,320	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,901	176,902	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,919	179,389	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,923	181,721	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,940	183,970	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,975	186,165	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,991	188,330	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,993	190,438	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,990	192,450	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,987	194,458	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,985	196,464	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,983	198,408	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,980	200,152	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,977	201,894	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,973	203,614	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,968	205,358	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,963	207,148	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,957	208,859	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,951	210,537	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,944	212,258	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,937	213,940	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,929	215,577	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,921	216,720	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,876	217,718	3,570

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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