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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Brazil	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	70	174,320	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	71	176,902	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	71	179,389	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	72	181,721	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	72	183,970	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	72	186,165	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	72	188,330	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	72	190,438	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	72	192,450	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	73	194,458	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	73	196,464	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	73	198,408	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	73	200,152	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	73	201,894	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	73	203,614	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	73	205,358	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	74	207,148	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	74	208,859	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	74	210,537	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	74	212,258	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	75	213,940	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	75	215,577	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	76	216,720	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	76	217,718	5,042

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 Dominica, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.