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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 BarbadosDominicaSudanBrazil
2737026,168174,320
2747126,771176,902
2757127,387179,389
2767228,017181,721
2787228,662183,970
2797229,321186,165
2807229,996188,330
2817230,686190,438
2827231,393192,450
2837332,137194,458
2857333,078196,464
2867333,891198,408
2877334,568200,152
2887335,293201,894
2897336,093203,614
2907337,058205,358
2917438,165207,148
2917439,294208,859
2927440,512210,537
2937441,764212,258
2947542,952213,940
2947544,121215,577
2957645,290216,720
2957646,498217,718

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.