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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 CambodiaAlbaniaBrazil
12,1223,085174,320
12,3173,065176,902
12,5043,047179,389
12,6913,038181,721
12,8813,026183,970
13,0763,014186,165
13,2762,998188,330
13,4612,979190,438
13,6302,957192,450
13,8082,934194,458
13,9902,915196,464
14,1622,900198,408
14,3222,892200,152
14,4802,888201,894
14,6372,882203,614
14,7932,876205,358
14,9942,868207,148
15,2382,863208,859
15,4802,861210,537
15,7172,854212,258
15,9442,842213,940
16,1492,825215,577
16,3382,799216,720
16,5142,787217,718

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

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 Cambodia, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.