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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 BarbadosDominicaBrazilSudan
27370174,32026,168
27471176,90226,771
27571179,38927,387
27672181,72128,017
27872183,97028,662
27972186,16529,321
28072188,33029,996
28172190,43830,686
28272192,45031,393
28373194,45832,137
28573196,46433,078
28673198,40833,891
28773200,15234,568
28873201,89435,293
28973203,61436,093
29073205,35837,058
29174207,14838,165
29174208,85939,294
29274210,53740,512
29374212,25841,764
29475213,94042,952
29475215,57744,121
29576216,72045,290
29576217,71846,498

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