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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 BarbadosBrazilOmanSenegal
273174,3202,34810,070
274176,9022,40310,305
275179,3892,45710,576
276181,7212,51010,864
278183,9702,56211,172
279186,1652,61311,498
280188,3302,66311,839
281190,4382,71312,204
282192,4502,76412,584
283194,4582,81612,978
285196,4642,87113,382
286198,4082,92813,794
287200,1522,98614,226
288201,8943,04714,668
289203,6143,11015,121
290205,3583,17415,589
291207,1483,24016,066
291208,8593,30716,549
292210,5373,37517,044
293212,2583,44417,535
294213,9403,51218,021
294215,5773,58218,518
295216,7203,65119,016
295217,7183,69619,512

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