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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 BrazilCongo - KinshasaGuinea
174,32051,1817,610
176,90252,7827,780
179,38954,4537,821
181,72156,1707,906
183,97057,8608,121
186,16559,5998,317
188,33061,4748,478
190,43863,4798,650
192,45065,5908,860
194,45867,8009,091
196,46470,1149,327
198,40872,5509,571
200,15275,1389,825
201,89477,79210,084
203,61480,53410,351
205,35883,36810,632
207,14886,22910,924
208,85989,19311,225
210,53792,20911,534
212,25895,23211,855
213,94098,32012,160
215,577101,49912,469
216,720104,76712,778
217,718108,17113,087

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.

All data sources

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