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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Africa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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;