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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 BrazilNepalTurkmenistan
174,32023,0874,324
176,90223,4874,385
179,38923,8874,444
181,72124,2734,502
183,97024,6454,556
186,16524,9894,608
188,33025,2554,664
190,43825,4844,719
192,45025,7324,773
194,45825,9984,828
196,46426,2984,884
198,40826,6644,940
200,15227,0814,996
201,89427,5055,053
203,61427,9175,110
205,35828,3115,169
207,14828,6785,227
208,85929,0345,287
210,53729,3845,346
212,25829,7185,405
213,94030,0575,464
215,57730,5955,522
216,72031,3115,579
217,71831,8455,657

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.

All data sources

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