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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 Saudi ArabiaBrazilOman
19,964174,3202,348
20,426176,9022,403
20,956179,3892,457
21,549181,7212,510
22,189183,9702,562
22,850186,1652,613
23,516188,3302,663
24,178190,4382,713
24,841192,4502,764
25,518194,4582,816
26,227196,4642,871
27,068198,4082,928
27,810200,1522,986
28,516201,8943,047
29,220203,6143,110
29,936205,3583,174
30,646207,1483,240
31,360208,8593,307
32,184210,5373,375
32,869212,2583,444
33,661213,9403,512
34,542215,5773,582
33,651216,7203,651
34,081217,7183,696

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;

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.