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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 PortugalEstoniaCentral African Republic
10,1441,3783,889
10,2151,4003,980
10,2881,3914,054
10,3441,3824,128
10,3831,3744,215
10,4081,3654,289
10,4271,3574,363
10,4461,3494,449
10,4671,3414,544
10,4821,3374,641
10,4921,3344,742
10,4971,3324,845
10,4811,3284,950
10,4391,3245,057
10,3821,3195,167
10,3261,3145,278
10,2831,3125,392
10,2511,3145,507
10,2261,3145,625
10,2091,3185,745
10,2121,3235,874
10,2231,3276,025
10,2141,3296,154
10,2001,3306,291

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Estonia, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.