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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	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	108,171	295

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