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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	174,320	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	176,902	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	179,389	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	181,721	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	183,970	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	186,165	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	188,330	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	190,438	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	192,450	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	194,458	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	196,464	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	198,408	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	200,152	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	201,894	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	203,614	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	205,358	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	207,148	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	208,859	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	210,537	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	212,258	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	213,940	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	215,577	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	216,720	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	217,718	2,559

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, Paraguay, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.