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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 MaliBrazilCentral African Republic
10,596174,3203,889
10,833176,9023,980
10,890179,3894,054
11,007181,7214,128
11,307183,9704,215
11,579186,1654,289
11,804188,3304,363
12,043190,4384,449
12,337192,4504,544
12,657194,4584,641
12,986196,4644,742
13,325198,4084,845
13,679200,1524,950
14,040201,8945,057
14,412203,6145,167
14,803205,3585,278
15,210207,1485,392
15,629208,8595,507
16,060210,5375,625
16,507212,2585,745
16,967213,9405,874
17,442215,5776,025
17,930216,7206,154
18,494217,7186,291

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 Mali, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.