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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	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	277	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	281	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	285	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	288	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	289	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	293	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	296	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	304	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	311	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	319	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	319	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	318	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	319	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	321	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	324	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	327	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	331	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	335	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	343	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	353	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	361	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	366	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	372	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	380	19,266	530

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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