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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	Ghana	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	19,327	273
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	19,792	274
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	20,280	275
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	20,806	276
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	21,350	278
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	21,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	22,469	280
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	23,058	281
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	23,661	282
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	24,270	283
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	24,899	285
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	25,559	286
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	26,244	287
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	26,945	288
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	27,664	289
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	28,405	290
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	29,146	291
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	29,879	291
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	30,617	292
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	31,362	293
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	32,111	294
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	32,864	294
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	33,622	295
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	34,280	295

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;

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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