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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	11,075	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	11,405	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	11,828	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	12,380	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	12,829	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	13,178	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	13,540	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	13,917	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	14,309	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	14,722	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	15,152	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	15,600	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	16,064	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	16,563	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	17,072	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	17,575	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	18,094	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	18,621	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	19,157	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	19,698	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	20,242	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	20,788	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	21,336	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	21,889	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.