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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Barbados	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	273	277
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	274	281
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	275	285
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	276	288
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	278	289
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	279	293
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	280	296
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	281	304
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	282	311
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	283	319
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	285	319
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	286	318
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	287	319
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	288	321
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	289	324
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	290	327
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	291	331
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	291	335
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	292	343
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	293	353
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	294	361
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	294	366
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	295	372
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	295	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.

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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;

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.