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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 BrazilGuineaBarbados
174,3207,610273
176,9027,780274
179,3897,821275
181,7217,906276
183,9708,121278
186,1658,317279
188,3308,478280
190,4388,650281
192,4508,860282
194,4589,091283
196,4649,327285
198,4089,571286
200,1529,825287
201,89410,084288
203,61410,351289
205,35810,632290
207,14810,924291
208,85911,225291
210,53711,534292
212,25811,855293
213,94012,160294
215,57712,469294
216,72012,778295
217,71813,087295

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 Guinea, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.