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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 DominicaBurkina FasoRomaniaBrazil
7011,07522,414174,320
7111,40522,262176,902
7111,82822,106179,389
7212,38021,931181,721
7212,82921,828183,970
7213,17821,704186,165
7213,54021,571188,330
7213,91721,443190,438
7214,30921,129192,450
7314,72220,779194,458
7315,15220,607196,464
7315,60020,485198,408
7316,06420,385200,152
7316,56320,296201,894
7317,07220,224203,614
7317,57520,151205,358
7418,09420,055207,148
7418,62119,938208,859
7419,15719,823210,537
7419,69819,713212,258
7520,24219,622213,940
7520,78819,496215,577
7621,33619,351216,720
7621,88919,266217,718

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.