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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	United States	Germany	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	279,040	81,439	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	282,162	81,474	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	284,969	81,534	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	287,625	81,595	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	290,108	81,566	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	292,805	81,473	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	295,517	81,354	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	298,380	81,190	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	301,231	81,009	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	304,094	80,781	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	306,772	80,500	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	309,327	80,301	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	311,583	80,292	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	313,878	80,443	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	316,060	80,663	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	318,386	81,000	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	320,739	81,704	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	323,072	82,366	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	325,122	82,674	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	326,838	82,923	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	328,330	83,110	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	331,512	83,178	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	332,032	83,213	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	333,288	83,811	22,239

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;

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.