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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 BrazilSierra LeoneBarbados
174,3203,736273
176,9023,809274
179,3894,043275
181,7214,287276
183,9704,466278
186,1654,602279
188,3304,708280
190,4384,818281
192,4504,918282
194,4585,023283
196,4645,132285
198,4085,246286
200,1525,364287
201,8945,486288
203,6145,613289
205,3585,744290
207,1485,879291
208,8596,019291
210,5376,163292
212,2586,312293
213,9406,461294
215,5776,611294
216,7206,761295
217,7186,910295

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 Sierra Leone, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.