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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	Thailand	Brazil	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	174,320	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	176,902	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	179,389	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	181,721	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	183,970	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	186,165	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	188,330	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	190,438	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	192,450	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	194,458	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	196,464	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	198,408	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	200,152	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	201,894	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	203,614	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	205,358	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	207,148	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	208,859	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	210,537	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	212,258	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	213,940	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	215,577	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	216,720	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	217,718	7,432

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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; the database as a whole is cited above.