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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 FasoSt. Lucia
2738,03911,075152
2748,05911,405153
2758,09011,828154
2768,13012,380155
2788,16612,829156
2798,21713,178157
2808,27413,540157
2818,31713,917158
2828,34414,309159
2838,37014,722160
2858,39015,152160
2868,41015,600161
2878,43816,064162
2888,47616,563162
2898,52717,072163
2908,59417,575163
2918,68018,094164
2918,79118,621164
2928,84719,157165
2938,89019,698166
2948,93020,242166
2948,96920,788167
2959,00421,336167
2959,10721,889167

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;

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.