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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 BrazilGermanyPalestinian Territories
174,32081,4392,996
176,90281,4743,075
179,38981,5343,155
181,72181,5953,235
183,97081,5663,315
186,16581,4733,396
188,33081,3543,478
190,43881,1903,559
192,45081,0093,642
194,45880,7813,727
196,46480,5003,817
198,40880,3013,907
200,15280,2923,997
201,89480,4434,088
203,61480,6634,178
205,35881,0004,269
207,14881,7044,359
208,85982,3664,451
210,53782,6744,533
212,25882,9234,615
213,94083,1104,715
215,57783,1784,820
216,72083,2134,930
217,71883,8115,042

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;

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.