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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	63,382

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;

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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