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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	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	3,696	39,252

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, Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.