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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Central African Republic	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,889	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,980	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	443	4,054	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	448	4,128	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	454	4,215	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	460	4,289	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	467	4,363	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	474	4,449	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	482	4,544	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	491	4,641	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	500	4,742	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	509	4,845	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	521	4,950	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	533	5,057	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	547	5,167	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	560	5,278	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	571	5,392	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	586	5,507	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	599	5,625	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	610	5,745	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	623	5,874	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	633	6,025	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	643	6,154	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	651	6,291	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.

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.