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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 MaliBrazilLuxembourg
10,596174,320433
10,833176,902438
10,890179,389443
11,007181,721448
11,307183,970454
11,579186,165460
11,804188,330467
12,043190,438474
12,337192,450482
12,657194,458491
12,986196,464500
13,325198,408509
13,679200,152521
14,040201,894533
14,412203,614547
14,803205,358560
15,210207,148571
15,629208,859586
16,060210,537599
16,507212,258610
16,967213,940623
17,442215,577633
17,930216,720643
18,494217,718651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.