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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 BrazilGuineaOman
174,3207,6102,348
176,9027,7802,403
179,3897,8212,457
181,7217,9062,510
183,9708,1212,562
186,1658,3172,613
188,3308,4782,663
190,4388,6502,713
192,4508,8602,764
194,4589,0912,816
196,4649,3272,871
198,4089,5712,928
200,1529,8252,986
201,89410,0843,047
203,61410,3513,110
205,35810,6323,174
207,14810,9243,240
208,85911,2253,307
210,53711,5343,375
212,25811,8553,444
213,94012,1603,512
215,57712,4693,582
216,72012,7783,651
217,71813,0873,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.