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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 BarbadosAustriaAlbaniaFinland
2738,0393,0855,166
2748,0593,0655,176
2758,0903,0475,188
2768,1303,0385,201
2788,1663,0265,213
2798,2173,0145,228
2808,2742,9985,246
2818,3172,9795,266
2828,3442,9575,289
2838,3702,9345,313
2858,3902,9155,339
2868,4102,9005,363
2878,4382,8925,388
2888,4762,8885,414
2898,5272,8825,439
2908,5942,8765,463
2918,6802,8685,481
2918,7912,8635,495
2928,8472,8615,508
2938,8902,8545,516
2948,9302,8425,522
2948,9692,8255,531
2959,0042,7995,542
2959,1072,7875,556

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;

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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