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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	Brazil	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	174,320	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	176,902	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	179,389	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	181,721	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	183,970	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	186,165	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	188,330	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	190,438	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	192,450	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	194,458	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	196,464	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	198,408	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	200,152	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	201,894	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	203,614	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	205,358	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	207,148	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	208,859	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	210,537	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	212,258	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	213,940	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	215,577	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	216,720	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	217,718	146,693

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.

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;

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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