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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosAlbaniaAustriaSeychelles
2733,0858,03978
2743,0658,05979
2753,0478,09080
2763,0388,13081
2783,0268,16682
2793,0148,21783
2802,9988,27484
2812,9798,31785
2822,9578,34486
2832,9348,37087
2852,9158,39087
2862,9008,41088
2872,8928,43889
2882,8888,47690
2892,8828,52791
2902,8768,59492
2912,8688,68092
2912,8638,79193
2922,8618,84794
2932,8548,89095
2942,8428,93096
2942,8258,96997
2952,7999,00498
2952,7879,10798

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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.