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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	Portugal	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,144	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,215	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,344	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,383	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,408	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,427	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,446	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,467	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,482	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,492	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,497	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,481	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,439	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,382	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,326	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,283	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,251	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,226	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,209	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,212	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,223	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,214	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,200	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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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;