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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	273	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	274	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	275	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	276	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	278	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	279	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	280	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	281	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	282	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	283	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	285	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	286	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	287	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	288	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	289	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	290	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	291	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	291	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	292	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	293	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	294	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	294	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	295	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	295	1,456

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;

No separate list is published for Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.