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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Iraq	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,076	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,748	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,440	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,212	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,979	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,726	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,531	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,706	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,429	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	26,969	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,024	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,956	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,974	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	31,321	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	32,779	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	33,857	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,674	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	35,437	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,200	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,015	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,846	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,673	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	39,491	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	40,364	217,718

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

Iraq

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.