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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 Dominican RepublicBrazilSão Tomé & Príncipe
8,175174,320138
8,301176,902141
8,427179,389144
8,553181,721147
8,678183,970151
8,801186,165154
8,924188,330158
9,044190,438161
9,164192,450165
9,281194,458168
9,398196,464172
9,512198,408176
9,627200,152180
9,742201,894183
9,855203,614187
9,965205,358190
10,072207,148194
10,177208,859198
10,281210,537201
10,385212,258204
10,487213,940208
10,587215,577212
10,686216,720216
10,793217,718220

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