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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	Moldova	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	4,244	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	4,199	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,154	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,108	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,059	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,013	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	3,966	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	3,919	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	3,873	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	3,829	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	3,788	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	3,748	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	3,709	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	3,671	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	3,633	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	3,595	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	3,558	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	3,522	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	3,485	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	3,448	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	3,412	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	3,376	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	3,339	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	3,570	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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.