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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	Iceland	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	108,171	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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