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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	Brazil	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	2,787	167

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 Barbados, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.