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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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.