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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Moldova	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	4,244	78
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	4,199	79
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	4,154	80
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	4,108	81
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	4,059	82
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	4,013	83
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,966	84
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,919	85
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,873	86
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,829	87
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,788	87
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,748	88
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	3,709	89
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,671	90
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,633	91
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,595	92
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,558	92
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,522	93
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,485	94
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,448	95
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,412	96
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,376	97
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,339	98
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,570	98

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 Moldova, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.