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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Brazil	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	433	174,320	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	438	176,902	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	443	179,389	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	448	181,721	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	454	183,970	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	460	186,165	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	467	188,330	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	474	190,438	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	192,450	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	491	194,458	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	500	196,464	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	509	198,408	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	521	200,152	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	533	201,894	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	547	203,614	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	560	205,358	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	571	207,148	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	586	208,859	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	599	210,537	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	610	212,258	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	623	213,940	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	633	215,577	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	643	216,720	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	651	217,718	3,570

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

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 Luxembourg, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.