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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	Austria	Bangladesh	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	174,217	651

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;

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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