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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 Central African RepublicTrinidad & TobagoBrazil
3,8891,301174,320
3,9801,303176,902
4,0541,308179,389
4,1281,314181,721
4,2151,320183,970
4,2891,326186,165
4,3631,332188,330
4,4491,338190,438
4,5441,344192,450
4,6411,352194,458
4,7421,359196,464
4,8451,365198,408
4,9501,372200,152
5,0571,379201,894
5,1671,386203,614
5,2781,392205,358
5,3921,399207,148
5,5071,405208,859
5,6251,411210,537
5,7451,436212,258
5,8741,452213,940
6,0251,448215,577
6,1541,450216,720
6,2911,456217,718

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.