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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 BrazilNepalParaguay
174,32023,0875,366
176,90223,4875,473
179,38923,8875,579
181,72124,2735,683
183,97024,6455,786
186,16524,9895,886
188,33025,2555,984
190,43825,4846,080
192,45025,7326,173
194,45825,9986,264
196,46426,2986,352
198,40826,6646,438
200,15227,0816,522
201,89427,5056,605
203,61427,9176,688
205,35828,3116,769
207,14828,6786,850
208,85929,0346,930
210,53729,3847,012
212,25829,7187,095
213,94030,0577,179
215,57730,5957,263
216,72031,3117,348
217,71831,8457,432

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 Nepal, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.