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