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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	34,081

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;

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828