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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 AustriaBosnia & HerzegovinaBurkina Faso
8,0393,81111,075
8,0593,90111,405
8,0903,91911,828
8,1303,92312,380
8,1663,94012,829
8,2173,97513,178
8,2743,99113,540
8,3173,99313,917
8,3443,99014,309
8,3703,98714,722
8,3903,98515,152
8,4103,98315,600
8,4383,98016,064
8,4763,97716,563
8,5273,97317,072
8,5943,96817,575
8,6803,96318,094
8,7913,95718,621
8,8473,95119,157
8,8903,94419,698
8,9303,93720,242
8,9693,92920,788
9,0043,92121,336
9,1073,87621,889

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

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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