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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	Qatar	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.