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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 BarbadosOmanBrazilDominica
2732,348174,32070
2742,403176,90271
2752,457179,38971
2762,510181,72172
2782,562183,97072
2792,613186,16572
2802,663188,33072
2812,713190,43872
2822,764192,45072
2832,816194,45873
2852,871196,46473
2862,928198,40873
2872,986200,15273
2883,047201,89473
2893,110203,61473
2903,174205,35873
2913,240207,14874
2913,307208,85974
2923,375210,53774
2933,444212,25874
2943,512213,94075
2943,582215,57775
2953,651216,72076
2953,696217,71876

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