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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 BrazilBosnia & HerzegovinaCongo - Kinshasa
174,3203,81151,181
176,9023,90152,782
179,3893,91954,453
181,7213,92356,170
183,9703,94057,860
186,1653,97559,599
188,3303,99161,474
190,4383,99363,479
192,4503,99065,590
194,4583,98767,800
196,4643,98570,114
198,4083,98372,550
200,1523,98075,138
201,8943,97777,792
203,6143,97380,534
205,3583,96883,368
207,1483,96386,229
208,8593,95789,193
210,5373,95192,209
212,2583,94495,232
213,9403,93798,320
215,5773,929101,499
216,7203,921104,767
217,7183,876108,171

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.