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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 Congo - KinshasaBrazilAlbania
51,181174,3203,085
52,782176,9023,065
54,453179,3893,047
56,170181,7213,038
57,860183,9703,026
59,599186,1653,014
61,474188,3302,998
63,479190,4382,979
65,590192,4502,957
67,800194,4582,934
70,114196,4642,915
72,550198,4082,900
75,138200,1522,892
77,792201,8942,888
80,534203,6142,882
83,368205,3582,876
86,229207,1482,868
89,193208,8592,863
92,209210,5372,861
95,232212,2582,854
98,320213,9402,842
101,499215,5772,825
104,767216,7202,799
108,171217,7182,787

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.