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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 TunisiaBrazilMalta
9,417174,320387
9,514176,902390
9,613179,389393
9,711181,721396
9,810183,970398
9,906186,165401
9,997188,330404
10,087190,438405
10,178192,450406
10,274194,458409
10,377196,464412
10,491198,408414
10,612200,152416
10,737201,894420
10,866203,614426
10,996205,358435
11,124207,148445
11,248208,859455
11,365210,537468
11,477212,258485
11,583213,940504
11,681215,577516
11,772216,720518
11,862217,718530

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 Tunisia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.