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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	Paraguay	Brazil	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	174,320	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	176,902	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	179,389	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	181,721	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	183,970	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	186,165	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	188,330	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	190,438	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	192,450	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	194,458	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	196,464	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	198,408	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	200,152	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	201,894	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	203,614	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	205,358	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	207,148	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	208,859	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	210,537	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	212,258	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	213,940	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	215,577	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	216,720	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	217,718	83,811

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;

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.