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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	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	5,907	167

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 Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.