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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	Lebanon	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,460	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,499	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,554	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,610	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,665	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,721	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,777	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,853	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,954	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,036	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,082	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,097	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,115	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	4,206	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	4,696	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,365	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,640	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,688	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,680	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,562	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,331	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	4,986	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	4,802	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	4,713	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.

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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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.