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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	Saudi Arabia	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	108,171	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.