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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	Spain	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	40,378	531
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	40,563	545
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	40,775	559
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	41,433	574
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	42,205	590
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	42,869	606
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	43,672	623
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	44,370	640
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	45,246	657
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	45,993	674
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	46,378	690
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	46,573	706
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	46,746	722
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	46,777	737
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	46,603	752
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	46,465	767
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	46,420	781
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	46,460	795
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	46,543	808
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	46,739	821
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	47,116	837
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	47,366	853
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	47,342	869
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	47,625	885

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;

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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