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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Barbados	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	78	273	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	79	274	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	80	275	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	81	276	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	82	278	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	83	279	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	84	280	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	85	281	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	86	282	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	87	283	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	87	285	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	88	286	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	89	287	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	90	288	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	91	289	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	92	290	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	92	291	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	93	291	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	94	292	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	95	293	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	96	294	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	97	294	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	98	295	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	98	295	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 Seychelles, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.