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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	Niger	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.