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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	Burkina Faso	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	11,075	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	11,405	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	11,828	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	12,380	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	12,829	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	13,178	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	13,540	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	13,917	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	14,309	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	14,722	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	15,152	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	15,600	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	16,064	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	16,563	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	17,072	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	17,575	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	18,094	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	18,621	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	19,157	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	19,698	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	20,242	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	20,788	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	21,336	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	21,889	76

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, Burkina Faso, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.