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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 - KinshasaBrazilTurkmenistan
51,181174,3204,324
52,782176,9024,385
54,453179,3894,444
56,170181,7214,502
57,860183,9704,556
59,599186,1654,608
61,474188,3304,664
63,479190,4384,719
65,590192,4504,773
67,800194,4584,828
70,114196,4644,884
72,550198,4084,940
75,138200,1524,996
77,792201,8945,053
80,534203,6145,110
83,368205,3585,169
86,229207,1485,227
89,193208,8595,287
92,209210,5375,346
95,232212,2585,405
98,320213,9405,464
101,499215,5775,522
104,767216,7205,579
108,171217,7185,657

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