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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 - KinshasaGuineaBrazil
51,1817,610174,320
52,7827,780176,902
54,4537,821179,389
56,1707,906181,721
57,8608,121183,970
59,5998,317186,165
61,4748,478188,330
63,4798,650190,438
65,5908,860192,450
67,8009,091194,458
70,1149,327196,464
72,5509,571198,408
75,1389,825200,152
77,79210,084201,894
80,53410,351203,614
83,36810,632205,358
86,22910,924207,148
89,19311,225208,859
92,20911,534210,537
95,23211,855212,258
98,32012,160213,940
101,49912,469215,577
104,76712,778216,720
108,17113,087217,718

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