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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Albania	Austria	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	8,039	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	8,059	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	8,090	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	8,130	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	8,166	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	8,217	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	8,274	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	8,317	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	8,344	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	8,370	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	8,390	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	8,410	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	8,438	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	8,476	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	8,527	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	8,594	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	8,680	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	8,791	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	8,847	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	8,890	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	8,930	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	8,969	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	9,004	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	9,107	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.