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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	Malta	Laos	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.