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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Japan	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	126,512	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	126,755	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	127,056	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	127,324	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	127,558	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	127,658	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	127,679	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	127,762	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	127,904	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	127,969	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	127,958	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	127,967	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	127,755	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	127,476	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	127,257	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	127,186	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	127,034	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	126,857	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	126,631	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	126,368	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	126,092	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	125,634	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	125,427	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	124,762	2,787

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.

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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;

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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