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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 BrazilAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
174,3203,08551,181
176,9023,06552,782
179,3893,04754,453
181,7213,03856,170
183,9703,02657,860
186,1653,01459,599
188,3302,99861,474
190,4382,97963,479
192,4502,95765,590
194,4582,93467,800
196,4642,91570,114
198,4082,90072,550
200,1522,89275,138
201,8942,88877,792
203,6142,88280,534
205,3582,87683,368
207,1482,86886,229
208,8592,86389,193
210,5372,86192,209
212,2582,85495,232
213,9402,84298,320
215,5772,825101,499
216,7202,799104,767
217,7182,787108,171

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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.