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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	223,735

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;

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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