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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	63,382

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;

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490