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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	Moldova	Brazil	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	174,320	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	176,902	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	179,389	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	181,721	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	183,970	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	186,165	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	188,330	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	190,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	192,450	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	194,458	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	196,464	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	198,408	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	200,152	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	201,894	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	203,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	205,358	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	207,148	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	208,859	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	210,537	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	212,258	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	213,940	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	215,577	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	216,720	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	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 Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.