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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	51,181	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	52,782	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	54,453	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	56,170	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	57,860	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	59,599	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	61,474	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	63,479	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	65,590	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	67,800	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	70,114	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	72,550	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	75,138	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	77,792	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,534	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	83,368	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	86,229	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	89,193	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	92,209	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	95,232	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	98,320	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	101,499	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	104,767	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	108,171	19,715

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;

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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