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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	Barbados	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	273	138
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	274	141
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	275	144
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	276	147
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	278	151
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	279	154
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	280	158
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	281	161
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	282	165
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	283	168
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	285	172
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	286	176
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	287	180
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	288	183
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	289	187
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	290	190
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	291	194
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	291	198
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	292	201
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	293	204
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	294	208
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	294	212
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	295	216
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	295	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 Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.