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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Central African RepublicSão Tomé & PríncipeBrazil
3,889138174,320
3,980141176,902
4,054144179,389
4,128147181,721
4,215151183,970
4,289154186,165
4,363158188,330
4,449161190,438
4,544165192,450
4,641168194,458
4,742172196,464
4,845176198,408
4,950180200,152
5,057183201,894
5,167187203,614
5,278190205,358
5,392194207,148
5,507198208,859
5,625201210,537
5,745204212,258
5,874208213,940
6,025212215,577
6,154216216,720
6,291220217,718

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 Central African Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.