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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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	46,498	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, Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.