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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBrazilOmanCongo - Kinshasa
273174,3202,34851,181
274176,9022,40352,782
275179,3892,45754,453
276181,7212,51056,170
278183,9702,56257,860
279186,1652,61359,599
280188,3302,66361,474
281190,4382,71363,479
282192,4502,76465,590
283194,4582,81667,800
285196,4642,87170,114
286198,4082,92872,550
287200,1522,98675,138
288201,8943,04777,792
289203,6143,11080,534
290205,3583,17483,368
291207,1483,24086,229
291208,8593,30789,193
292210,5373,37592,209
293212,2583,44495,232
294213,9403,51298,320
294215,5773,582101,499
295216,7203,651104,767
295217,7183,696108,171

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 Barbados, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.