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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tanzania	Brazil	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	174,320	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	176,902	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	179,389	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	181,721	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	183,970	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	186,165	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	188,330	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	190,438	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	192,450	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	194,458	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	196,464	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	198,408	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	200,152	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	201,894	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	203,614	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	205,358	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	207,148	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	208,859	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	210,537	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	212,258	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	213,940	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	215,577	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	216,720	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	217,718	2,787

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 Tanzania, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.