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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	Romania	Brazil	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	174,320	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	176,902	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	179,389	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	181,721	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	183,970	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	186,165	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	188,330	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	190,438	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	192,450	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	194,458	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	196,464	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	198,408	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	200,152	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	201,894	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	203,614	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	205,358	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	207,148	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	208,859	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	210,537	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	212,258	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	213,940	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	215,577	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	216,720	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	217,718	7,387

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.