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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 ZambiaBrazilHonduras
10,327174,3206,198
10,649176,9026,367
10,980179,3896,535
11,290181,7216,698
11,593183,9706,863
11,907186,1657,028
12,243188,3307,194
12,612190,4387,359
13,005192,4507,522
13,412194,4587,682
13,822196,4647,839
14,255198,4087,991
14,709200,1528,141
15,165201,8948,288
15,631203,6148,429
16,121205,3588,546
16,624207,1488,661
17,140208,8598,770
17,674210,5378,878
18,222212,2589,002
18,780213,9409,154
19,349215,5779,304
19,928216,7209,448
20,485217,7189,590

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

Zambia

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.