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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,348	646
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,403	669
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,457	693
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,510	716
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,562	691
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,613	657
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,663	666
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,713	679
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,764	694
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,816	709
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,871	725
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,928	741
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,986	757
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,047	774
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,110	792
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,174	810
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,240	828
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,307	847
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,375	865
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,444	884
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,512	898
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,582	912
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,651	924
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,696	937

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 Oman, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.