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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 BrazilYemenBosnia & Herzegovina
174,32016,7283,811
176,90217,2363,901
179,38917,7623,919
181,72118,3103,923
183,97018,8553,940
186,16519,4103,975
188,33020,0003,991
190,43820,6113,993
192,45021,2363,990
194,45821,8783,987
196,46422,5333,985
198,40823,1953,983
200,15223,8803,980
201,89424,5943,977
203,61425,3113,973
205,35826,0203,968
207,14826,6983,963
208,85927,3473,957
210,53727,9853,951
212,25828,6083,944
213,94029,2163,937
215,57729,8113,929
216,72030,3993,921
217,71831,0583,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.