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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	9,107

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;

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.