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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	Lesotho	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	1,908	273
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	1,916	274
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	1,922	275
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	1,926	276
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	1,926	278
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	1,925	279
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	1,922	280
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	1,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	1,917	282
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	1,915	283
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	1,916	285
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	1,920	286
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	1,925	287
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	1,930	288
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	1,936	289
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	1,942	290
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	1,948	291
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	1,953	291
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	1,958	292
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	1,962	293
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	1,987	294
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,013	294
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,037	295
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,059	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.

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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;

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