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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Brazil	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	174,320	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	176,902	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	179,389	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	181,721	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	183,970	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	186,165	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	188,330	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	190,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	192,450	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	194,458	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	196,464	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	198,408	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	200,152	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	201,894	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	203,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	205,358	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	207,148	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	208,859	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	210,537	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	212,258	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	213,940	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	215,577	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	216,720	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	217,718	295

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

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.

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.