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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Brazil	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	433	174,320	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	438	176,902	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	443	179,389	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	448	181,721	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	454	183,970	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	460	186,165	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	467	188,330	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	474	190,438	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	482	192,450	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	491	194,458	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	500	196,464	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	509	198,408	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	521	200,152	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	533	201,894	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	547	203,614	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	560	205,358	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	571	207,148	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	586	208,859	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	599	210,537	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	610	212,258	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	623	213,940	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	633	215,577	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	643	216,720	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	651	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.

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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

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