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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	174,320	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	176,902	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	179,389	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	181,721	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	183,970	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	186,165	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	188,330	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	190,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	192,450	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	194,458	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	196,464	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	198,408	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	200,152	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	201,894	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	203,614	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	205,358	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	207,148	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	208,859	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	210,537	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	212,258	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	213,940	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	215,577	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	216,720	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	217,718	7,666

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, Estonia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.