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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	7,666	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.