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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 BarbadosAustriaBurkina FasoHaiti
2738,03911,0758,121
2748,05911,4058,279
2758,09011,8288,430
2768,13012,3808,580
2788,16612,8298,739
2798,21713,1788,900
2808,27413,5409,061
2818,31713,9179,216
2828,34414,3099,364
2838,37014,7229,508
2858,39015,1529,652
2868,41015,6009,553
2878,43816,0649,670
2888,47616,5639,793
2898,52717,0729,922
2908,59417,57510,047
2918,68018,09410,254
2918,79118,62110,486
2928,84719,15710,647
2938,89019,69810,788
2948,93020,24210,933
2948,96920,78811,077
2959,00421,33611,215
2959,10721,88911,349

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, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.