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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Puerto Rico	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	3,800	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	3,811	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	3,819	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	3,824	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	3,826	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	3,827	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	3,822	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	3,805	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	3,783	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	3,761	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	3,741	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	3,722	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	3,679	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,636	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,589	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,534	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,473	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,411	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,352	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,295	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,268	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,247	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,232	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,228	167

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 Puerto Rico, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.