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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	51,181	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	52,782	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	54,453	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	56,170	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	57,860	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	59,599	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	61,474	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	63,479	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	65,590	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	67,800	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	70,114	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	72,550	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	75,138	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	77,792	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,534	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	83,368	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	86,229	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	89,193	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	92,209	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	95,232	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	98,320	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	101,499	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	104,767	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	108,171	273,409

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;

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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