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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 BarbadosBrazilPuerto Rico
273174,3203,800
274176,9023,811
275179,3893,819
276181,7213,824
278183,9703,826
279186,1653,827
280188,3303,822
281190,4383,805
282192,4503,783
283194,4583,761
285196,4643,741
286198,4083,722
287200,1523,679
288201,8943,636
289203,6143,589
290205,3583,534
291207,1483,473
291208,8593,411
292210,5373,352
293212,2583,295
294213,9403,268
294215,5773,247
295216,7203,232
295217,7183,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.