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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BrazilCameroonSenegal
174,32015,48310,070
176,90215,91310,305
179,38916,35410,576
181,72116,81510,864
183,97017,28911,172
186,16517,76411,498
188,33018,24911,839
190,43818,74612,204
192,45019,27812,584
194,45819,84312,978
196,46420,41913,382
198,40821,00213,794
200,15221,58614,226
201,89422,18114,668
203,61422,80015,121
205,35823,51315,589
207,14824,27316,066
208,85924,99516,549
210,53725,68017,044
212,25826,37317,535
213,94027,11418,021
215,57727,87818,518
216,72028,66319,016
217,71829,41719,512

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 Cameroon, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.