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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	174,320	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	176,902	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	179,389	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	181,721	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	183,970	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	186,165	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	188,330	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	190,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	192,450	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	194,458	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	196,464	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	198,408	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	200,152	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	201,894	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	203,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	205,358	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	207,148	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	208,859	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	210,537	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	212,258	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	213,940	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	215,577	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	216,720	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	217,718	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.