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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	108,171	3,696

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