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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Brazil	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	174,320	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	176,902	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	393	179,389	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	396	181,721	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	398	183,970	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	401	186,165	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	404	188,330	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	405	190,438	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	406	192,450	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	409	194,458	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	412	196,464	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	414	198,408	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	416	200,152	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	420	201,894	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	426	203,614	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	435	205,358	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	445	207,148	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	455	208,859	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	468	210,537	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	485	212,258	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	504	213,940	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	516	215,577	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	518	216,720	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	530	217,718	1,330

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 Malta, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.