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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 FasoNamibia
2738,03911,0751,841
2748,05911,4051,893
2758,09011,8281,945
2768,13012,3801,981
2788,16612,8292,008
2798,21713,1782,034
2808,27413,5402,060
2818,31713,9172,086
2828,34414,3092,113
2838,37014,7222,141
2858,39015,1522,170
2868,41015,6002,201
2878,43816,0642,232
2888,47616,5632,268
2898,52717,0722,312
2908,59417,5752,360
2918,68018,0942,408
2918,79118,6212,456
2928,84719,1572,505
2938,89019,6982,554
2948,93020,2422,602
2948,96920,7882,651
2959,00421,3362,700
2959,10721,8892,739

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