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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	South Korea	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,617	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	47,008	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,370	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	47,645	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	47,892	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	48,083	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	48,185	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	48,438	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	48,684	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	49,055	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	49,308	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	49,554	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	49,937	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	50,200	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	50,429	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	50,747	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	51,015	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	51,218	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	51,362	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	51,585	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	51,765	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	51,836	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	51,745	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	51,731	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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.