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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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;