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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	64,835

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;

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