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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 - KinshasaBrazilMongolia
51,181174,3202,433
52,782176,9022,461
54,453179,3892,489
56,170181,7212,519
57,860183,9702,547
59,599186,1652,574
61,474188,3302,602
63,479190,4382,633
65,590192,4502,666
67,800194,4582,702
70,114196,4642,741
72,550198,4082,783
75,138200,1522,827
77,792201,8942,870
80,534203,6142,912
83,368205,3582,953
86,229207,1482,993
89,193208,8593,031
92,209210,5373,068
95,232212,2583,103
98,320213,9403,171
101,499215,5773,231
104,767216,7203,284
108,171217,7183,333

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, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.