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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	4,713	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.

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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;

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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