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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Central African Republic	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	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 Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.