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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BrazilOmanPhilippines
174,3202,34879,346
176,9022,40381,131
179,3892,45783,023
181,7212,51084,876
183,9702,56286,697
186,1652,61388,568
188,3302,66390,418
190,4382,71392,253
192,4502,76494,098
194,4582,81695,923
196,4642,87197,627
198,4082,92899,317
200,1522,986100,999
201,8943,047102,618
203,6143,110104,299
205,3583,174106,076
207,1483,240107,868
208,8593,307109,493
210,5373,375111,094
212,2583,444112,843
213,9403,512114,636
215,5773,582117,026
216,7203,651119,473
217,7183,696121,234

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;

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.