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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesBrazil
51,1812,996174,320
52,7823,075176,902
54,4533,155179,389
56,1703,235181,721
57,8603,315183,970
59,5993,396186,165
61,4743,478188,330
63,4793,559190,438
65,5903,642192,450
67,8003,727194,458
70,1143,817196,464
72,5503,907198,408
75,1383,997200,152
77,7924,088201,894
80,5344,178203,614
83,3684,269205,358
86,2294,359207,148
89,1934,451208,859
92,2094,533210,537
95,2324,615212,258
98,3204,715213,940
101,4994,820215,577
104,7674,930216,720
108,1715,042217,718

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.