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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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;