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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Israel	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	5,927	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	6,088	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	6,236	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	6,366	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	6,484	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	6,603	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	6,723	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	6,846	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	6,972	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	7,100	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	7,226	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	7,360	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	7,498	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	7,637	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	7,781	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	7,931	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	8,091	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	8,251	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	8,412	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	8,576	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	8,742	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	8,899	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	9,047	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	9,188	108,171	217,718

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.