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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	Oman	Brazil	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	174,320	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	176,902	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	179,389	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	181,721	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	183,970	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	186,165	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	188,330	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	190,438	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	192,450	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	194,458	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	196,464	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	198,408	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	200,152	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	201,894	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	203,614	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	205,358	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	207,148	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	208,859	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	210,537	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	212,258	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	213,940	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	215,577	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	216,720	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	217,718	3,228

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 Oman, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.