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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 BarbadosAlbaniaOmanAustria
2733,0852,3488,039
2743,0652,4038,059
2753,0472,4578,090
2763,0382,5108,130
2783,0262,5628,166
2793,0142,6138,217
2802,9982,6638,274
2812,9792,7138,317
2822,9572,7648,344
2832,9342,8168,370
2852,9152,8718,390
2862,9002,9288,410
2872,8922,9868,438
2882,8883,0478,476
2892,8823,1108,527
2902,8763,1748,594
2912,8683,2408,680
2912,8633,3078,791
2922,8613,3758,847
2932,8543,4448,890
2942,8423,5128,930
2942,8253,5828,969
2952,7993,6519,004
2952,7873,6969,107

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.

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.