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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,787	220

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.

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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 Albania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.