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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 BrazilSlovenia
174,3201,998
176,9022,004
179,3892,006
181,7212,009
183,9702,010
186,1652,011
188,3302,015
190,4382,022
192,4502,033
194,4582,036
196,4642,056
198,4082,063
200,1522,067
201,8942,071
203,6142,074
205,3582,076
207,1482,078
208,8592,079
210,5372,081
212,2582,087
213,9402,104
215,5772,118
216,7202,123
217,7182,124

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;

Slovenia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project