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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	Moldova	Brazil	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	174,320	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	176,902	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	179,389	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	181,721	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	183,970	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	186,165	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	188,330	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	190,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	192,450	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	194,458	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	196,464	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	198,408	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	200,152	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	201,894	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	203,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	205,358	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	207,148	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	208,859	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	210,537	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	212,258	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	213,940	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	215,577	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	216,720	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	217,718	167

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