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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	Iceland	Belgium	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,227	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,252	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,288	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,334	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	10,377	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	10,422	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	10,480	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	10,549	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	10,627	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	10,711	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	10,797	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	10,897	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	11,039	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	11,108	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	11,160	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	11,210	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	11,275	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,332	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,376	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,429	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,491	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,546	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,594	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,695	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.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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.