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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 BrazilHong Kong SAR ChinaBarbados
174,3206,587273
176,9026,646274
179,3896,695275
181,7216,725276
183,9706,712278
186,1656,765279
188,3306,794280
190,4386,838281
192,4506,897282
194,4586,938283
196,4646,953285
198,4087,004286
200,1527,052287
201,8947,130288
203,6147,159289
205,3587,209290
207,1487,271291
208,8597,316291
210,5377,372292
212,2587,432293
213,9407,487294
215,5777,460294
216,7207,392295
217,7187,387295

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 Hong Kong SAR China, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.