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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BrazilAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
174,3203,0853,811
176,9023,0653,901
179,3893,0473,919
181,7213,0383,923
183,9703,0263,940
186,1653,0143,975
188,3302,9983,991
190,4382,9793,993
192,4502,9573,990
194,4582,9343,987
196,4642,9153,985
198,4082,9003,983
200,1522,8923,980
201,8942,8883,977
203,6142,8823,973
205,3582,8763,968
207,1482,8683,963
208,8592,8633,957
210,5372,8613,951
212,2582,8543,944
213,9402,8423,937
215,5772,8253,929
216,7202,7993,921
217,7182,7873,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.