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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	Estonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	1,378	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	1,400	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	1,391	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	1,382	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	1,374	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	1,365	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	1,357	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	1,349	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	1,341	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	1,337	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	1,334	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	1,332	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	1,328	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	1,324	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	1,319	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	1,314	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	1,312	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	1,314	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	1,314	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	1,318	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	1,323	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	1,327	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	1,329	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	1,330	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 Estonia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.