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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	Germany	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	81,439	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	81,474	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	81,534	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	81,595	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	81,566	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	81,473	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	81,354	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	81,190	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	81,009	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	80,781	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	80,500	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	80,301	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	80,292	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	80,443	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,663	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	81,000	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	81,704	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	82,366	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	82,674	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	82,923	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	83,110	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	83,178	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	83,213	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	83,811	32,956

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press