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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	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	7,432	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 Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.