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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaBrazilOmanBarbados
70174,3202,348273
71176,9022,403274
71179,3892,457275
72181,7212,510276
72183,9702,562278
72186,1652,613279
72188,3302,663280
72190,4382,713281
72192,4502,764282
73194,4582,816283
73196,4642,871285
73198,4082,928286
73200,1522,986287
73201,8943,047288
73203,6143,110289
73205,3583,174290
74207,1483,240291
74208,8593,307291
74210,5373,375292
74212,2583,444293
75213,9403,512294
75215,5773,582294
76216,7203,651295
76217,7183,696295

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

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, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.