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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBrazilYemen
273174,32016,728
274176,90217,236
275179,38917,762
276181,72118,310
278183,97018,855
279186,16519,410
280188,33020,000
281190,43820,611
282192,45021,236
283194,45821,878
285196,46422,533
286198,40823,195
287200,15223,880
288201,89424,594
289203,61425,311
290205,35826,020
291207,14826,698
291208,85927,347
292210,53727,985
293212,25828,608
294213,94029,216
294215,57729,811
295216,72030,399
295217,71831,058

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