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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Colombia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	38,365	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	38,911	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	39,411	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	39,918	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	40,416	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	40,899	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	41,374	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	41,862	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	42,324	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	42,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	43,264	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	43,771	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	44,225	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	44,660	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	45,081	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	45,846	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	46,290	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	46,796	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	47,385	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	48,222	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	49,326	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	50,283	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	50,978	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	51,332	108,171

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;

Colombia

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)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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