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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Austria	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	25,826

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;

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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