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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 BarbadosParaguayBrazil
2735,366174,320
2745,473176,902
2755,579179,389
2765,683181,721
2785,786183,970
2795,886186,165
2805,984188,330
2816,080190,438
2826,173192,450
2836,264194,458
2856,352196,464
2866,438198,408
2876,522200,152
2886,605201,894
2896,688203,614
2906,769205,358
2916,850207,148
2916,930208,859
2927,012210,537
2937,095212,258
2947,179213,940
2947,263215,577
2957,348216,720
2957,432217,718

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.

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