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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	530	108,171

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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.