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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 ParaguayBrazilTrinidad & Tobago
5,366174,3201,301
5,473176,9021,303
5,579179,3891,308
5,683181,7211,314
5,786183,9701,320
5,886186,1651,326
5,984188,3301,332
6,080190,4381,338
6,173192,4501,344
6,264194,4581,352
6,352196,4641,359
6,438198,4081,365
6,522200,1521,372
6,605201,8941,379
6,688203,6141,386
6,769205,3581,392
6,850207,1481,399
6,930208,8591,405
7,012210,5371,411
7,095212,2581,436
7,179213,9401,452
7,263215,5771,448
7,348216,7201,450
7,432217,7181,456

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 Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.