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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BrazilOmanEstoniaBarbados
174,3202,3481,378273
176,9022,4031,400274
179,3892,4571,391275
181,7212,5101,382276
183,9702,5621,374278
186,1652,6131,365279
188,3302,6631,357280
190,4382,7131,349281
192,4502,7641,341282
194,4582,8161,337283
196,4642,8711,334285
198,4082,9281,332286
200,1522,9861,328287
201,8943,0471,324288
203,6143,1101,319289
205,3583,1741,314290
207,1483,2401,312291
208,8593,3071,314291
210,5373,3751,314292
212,2583,4441,318293
213,9403,5121,323294
215,5773,5821,327294
216,7203,6511,329295
217,7183,6961,330295

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