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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 ParaguaySão Tomé & PríncipeBrazil
5,366138174,320
5,473141176,902
5,579144179,389
5,683147181,721
5,786151183,970
5,886154186,165
5,984158188,330
6,080161190,438
6,173165192,450
6,264168194,458
6,352172196,464
6,438176198,408
6,522180200,152
6,605183201,894
6,688187203,614
6,769190205,358
6,850194207,148
6,930198208,859
7,012201210,537
7,095204212,258
7,179208213,940
7,263212215,577
7,348216216,720
7,432220217,718

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

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.