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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 BrazilEstoniaBosnia & Herzegovina
174,3201,3783,811
176,9021,4003,901
179,3891,3913,919
181,7211,3823,923
183,9701,3743,940
186,1651,3653,975
188,3301,3573,991
190,4381,3493,993
192,4501,3413,990
194,4581,3373,987
196,4641,3343,985
198,4081,3323,983
200,1521,3283,980
201,8941,3243,977
203,6141,3193,973
205,3581,3143,968
207,1481,3123,963
208,8591,3143,957
210,5371,3143,951
212,2581,3183,944
213,9401,3233,937
215,5771,3273,929
216,7201,3293,921
217,7181,3303,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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