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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	Dominica	Romania	Oman	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,414	2,348	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,262	2,403	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,106	2,457	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,931	2,510	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,828	2,562	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,704	2,613	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	72	21,571	2,663	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	72	21,443	2,713	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,129	2,764	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	73	20,779	2,816	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	73	20,607	2,871	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	73	20,485	2,928	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	73	20,385	2,986	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	73	20,296	3,047	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	73	20,224	3,110	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	20,151	3,174	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	74	20,055	3,240	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,938	3,307	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,823	3,375	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,713	3,444	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	75	19,622	3,512	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	75	19,496	3,582	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	76	19,351	3,651	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	76	19,266	3,696	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.

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