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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	Iceland	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	277	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	281	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	285	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	288	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	289	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	293	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	296	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	304	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	311	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	319	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	319	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	318	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	319	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	321	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	324	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	327	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	331	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	335	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	343	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	353	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	361	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	366	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	372	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	380	7,666	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;

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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