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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Romania	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	22,414	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	22,262	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	22,106	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	21,931	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	21,828	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	21,704	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	21,571	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	21,443	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	21,129	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	20,779	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	20,607	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	20,485	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	20,385	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	20,296	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	20,224	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	20,151	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	20,055	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	19,938	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	19,823	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	19,713	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	19,622	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	19,496	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	19,351	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	19,266	63,382

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;

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490