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Population, long-run history by country

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Qatar	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	627	152
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	659	153
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	691	154
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	724	155
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	757	156
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	850	157
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	1,001	157
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	1,153	158
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	1,306	159
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	1,460	160
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	1,615	160
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	1,770	161
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	1,904	162
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	2,010	162
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	2,103	163
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	2,187	163
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	2,261	164
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	2,326	164
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	2,384	165
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	2,435	166
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	2,480	166
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	2,519	167
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	2,553	167
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	2,559	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.

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