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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	174,320	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	176,902	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	179,389	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	181,721	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	183,970	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	186,165	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	188,330	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	190,438	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	192,450	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	194,458	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	196,464	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	198,408	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	200,152	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	201,894	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	203,614	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	205,358	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	207,148	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	208,859	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	210,537	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	212,258	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	213,940	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	215,577	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	216,720	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	217,718	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, Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.