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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	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	7,666	651

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, Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.