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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	Liberia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,741	273
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,847	274
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,917	275
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,978	276
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,983	278
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,005	279
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,138	280
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,311	281
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,469	282
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,708	285
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,817	286
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	3,984	287
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	4,141	288
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	4,244	289
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	4,348	290
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	4,460	291
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	4,576	291
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	4,689	292
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	4,810	293
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	4,904	294
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	5,005	294
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	5,109	295
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	5,216	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;

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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