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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 BrazilCentral African RepublicCongo - Kinshasa
174,3203,88951,181
176,9023,98052,782
179,3894,05454,453
181,7214,12856,170
183,9704,21557,860
186,1654,28959,599
188,3304,36361,474
190,4384,44963,479
192,4504,54465,590
194,4584,64167,800
196,4644,74270,114
198,4084,84572,550
200,1524,95075,138
201,8945,05777,792
203,6145,16780,534
205,3585,27883,368
207,1485,39286,229
208,8595,50789,193
210,5375,62592,209
212,2585,74595,232
213,9405,87498,320
215,5776,025101,499
216,7206,154104,767
217,7186,291108,171

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;

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