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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	North Macedonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,006	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,017	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,026	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,011	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,018	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,024	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,028	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,031	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,038	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,042	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,046	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,049	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	2,052	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	2,055	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	2,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	2,061	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	2,063	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	2,065	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	2,067	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	2,068	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,065	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,057	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,048	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;

North Macedonia

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

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