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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	Oman	Brazil	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	174,320	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	176,902	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	179,389	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	181,721	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	183,970	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	186,165	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	188,330	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	190,438	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	192,450	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	194,458	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	196,464	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	198,408	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	200,152	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	201,894	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	203,614	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	205,358	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	207,148	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	208,859	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	210,537	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	212,258	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	213,940	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	215,577	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	216,720	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	217,718	4,259

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