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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	St. Lucia	Oman	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	2,348	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	2,403	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	2,457	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	2,510	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	2,562	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	2,613	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	2,663	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	2,713	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	2,764	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	2,816	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	2,871	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	2,928	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	2,986	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	3,047	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	3,110	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	3,174	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	3,240	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	3,307	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	3,375	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	3,444	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	3,512	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	3,582	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	3,651	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	3,696	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

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, St. Lucia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.