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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 BarbadosAfghanistanAustria
27322,2068,039
27422,4618,059
27522,5078,090
27623,6008,130
27825,0058,166
27925,6988,217
28026,3358,274
28127,1548,317
28227,3878,344
28327,7068,370
28528,4848,390
28629,1218,410
28729,7588,438
28830,4208,476
28931,1088,527
29031,8238,594
29132,5648,680
29133,3328,791
29234,1258,847
29334,9418,890
29435,9728,930
29437,0348,969
29538,1279,004
29539,2529,107

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;

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.