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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	Uzbekistan	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	279,040	24,701	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	282,162	25,042	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	284,969	25,372	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	287,625	25,696	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	290,108	25,992	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	292,805	26,268	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	295,517	26,540	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	298,380	26,812	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	301,231	27,081	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	304,094	27,347	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	306,772	27,609	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	309,327	27,869	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	311,583	28,132	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	313,878	28,398	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	316,060	28,666	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	318,386	28,934	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	320,739	29,205	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	323,072	29,480	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	325,122	29,756	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	326,838	30,031	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	328,330	30,305	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	331,512	30,576	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	332,032	30,843	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	333,288	31,337	19,266

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).

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.