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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 BrazilOmanTrinidad & Tobago
174,3202,3481,301
176,9022,4031,303
179,3892,4571,308
181,7212,5101,314
183,9702,5621,320
186,1652,6131,326
188,3302,6631,332
190,4382,7131,338
192,4502,7641,344
194,4582,8161,352
196,4642,8711,359
198,4082,9281,365
200,1522,9861,372
201,8943,0471,379
203,6143,1101,386
205,3583,1741,392
207,1483,2401,399
208,8593,3071,405
210,5373,3751,411
212,2583,4441,436
213,9403,5121,452
215,5773,5821,448
216,7203,6511,450
217,7183,6961,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.