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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	Sudan	Brazil	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	174,320	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	176,902	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	179,389	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	181,721	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	183,970	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	186,165	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	188,330	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	190,438	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	192,450	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	194,458	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	196,464	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	198,408	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	200,152	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	201,894	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	203,614	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	205,358	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	207,148	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	208,859	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	210,537	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	212,258	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	213,940	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	215,577	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	216,720	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	217,718	6,291

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

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 Sudan, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.