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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 SudanBrazilQatar
26,168174,320627
26,771176,902659
27,387179,389691
28,017181,721724
28,662183,970757
29,321186,165850
29,996188,3301,001
30,686190,4381,153
31,393192,4501,306
32,137194,4581,460
33,078196,4641,615
33,891198,4081,770
34,568200,1521,904
35,293201,8942,010
36,093203,6142,103
37,058205,3582,187
38,165207,1482,261
39,294208,8592,326
40,512210,5372,384
41,764212,2582,435
42,952213,9402,480
44,121215,5772,519
45,290216,7202,553
46,498217,7182,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.