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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 BarbadosDominicaBrazilOman
27370174,3202,348
27471176,9022,403
27571179,3892,457
27672181,7212,510
27872183,9702,562
27972186,1652,613
28072188,3302,663
28172190,4382,713
28272192,4502,764
28373194,4582,816
28573196,4642,871
28673198,4082,928
28773200,1522,986
28873201,8943,047
28973203,6143,110
29073205,3583,174
29174207,1483,240
29174208,8593,307
29274210,5373,375
29374212,2583,444
29475213,9403,512
29475215,5773,582
29576216,7203,651
29576217,7183,696

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, Dominica, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.