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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.