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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	Brazil	Albania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,787	380

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;

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.