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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Brazil	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	70	174,320	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	71	176,902	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	71	179,389	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	72	181,721	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	72	183,970	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	72	186,165	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	72	188,330	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	72	190,438	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	72	192,450	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	73	194,458	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	73	196,464	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	73	198,408	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	73	200,152	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	73	201,894	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	73	203,614	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	73	205,358	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	74	207,148	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	74	208,859	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	74	210,537	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	74	212,258	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	75	213,940	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	75	215,577	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	76	216,720	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	76	217,718	34,081

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;

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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