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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	Estonia	Brazil	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	174,320	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	176,902	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	179,389	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	181,721	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	183,970	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	186,165	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	188,330	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	190,438	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	192,450	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	194,458	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	196,464	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	198,408	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	200,152	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	201,894	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	203,614	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	205,358	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	207,148	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	208,859	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	210,537	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	212,258	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	213,940	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	215,577	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	216,720	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	217,718	174,217

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;

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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