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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	5,216

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;

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.