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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Lithuania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,419	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,395	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,367	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,340	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,313	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,276	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,223	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,172	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,134	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,102	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,068	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,004	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	2,898	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	2,869	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	2,844	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	2,818	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	2,782	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	2,744	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	2,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	2,710	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,711	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,724	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,748	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;

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