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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Germany	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	217,718

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

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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.