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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	Oman	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,348	818
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,403	826
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,457	835
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,510	845
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,562	855
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,613	867
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,663	879
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,713	894
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,764	913
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,816	937
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,871	962
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,928	988
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,986	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,047	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,110	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,174	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,240	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,307	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,375	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,444	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,512	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,582	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,651	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,696	1,087

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;

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