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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Germany	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	81,439	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	81,474	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	81,534	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	81,595	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	81,566	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	81,473	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	81,354	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	81,190	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	81,009	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	80,781	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	80,500	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	80,301	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	80,292	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	80,443	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,663	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	81,000	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	81,704	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	82,366	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	82,674	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	82,923	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	83,110	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	83,178	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	83,213	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	83,811	5,185

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;

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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