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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,696	108,171

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