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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Lesotho	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,908	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,916	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,922	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,926	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,926	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,925	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,922	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,919	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,917	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,915	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,916	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,920	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,925	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,930	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,936	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,942	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,948	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,953	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,958	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,962	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,987	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,013	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,037	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,059	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.

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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 Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.