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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	623
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	623
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	623
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	622
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	621
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	621
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	621
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	620
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	620
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	621
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	622
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	623
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	622
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	622
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	622
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	621
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	620
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	618
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	616
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	614
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	613
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	612
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	611
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	610

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;

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project