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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBrazilCentral African Republic
273174,3203,889
274176,9023,980
275179,3894,054
276181,7214,128
278183,9704,215
279186,1654,289
280188,3304,363
281190,4384,449
282192,4504,544
283194,4584,641
285196,4644,742
286198,4084,845
287200,1524,950
288201,8945,057
289203,6145,167
290205,3585,278
291207,1485,392
291208,8595,507
292210,5375,625
293212,2585,745
294213,9405,874
294215,5776,025
295216,7206,154
295217,7186,291

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 Barbados, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.