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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	Dominica	Brazil	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	174,320	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	176,902	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	179,389	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	181,721	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	183,970	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	186,165	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	188,330	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	190,438	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	192,450	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	194,458	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	196,464	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	198,408	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	200,152	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	201,894	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	203,614	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	205,358	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	207,148	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	208,859	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	210,537	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	212,258	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	213,940	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	215,577	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	216,720	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	217,718	6,291

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, Dominica, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.