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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 FasoSweden
2738,03911,0758,858
2748,05911,4058,872
2758,09011,8288,896
2768,13012,3808,925
2788,16612,8298,958
2798,21713,1788,994
2808,27413,5409,030
2818,31713,9179,081
2828,34414,3099,148
2838,37014,7229,220
2858,39015,1529,299
2868,41015,6009,378
2878,43816,0649,449
2888,47616,5639,519
2898,52717,0729,600
2908,59417,5759,696
2918,68018,0949,799
2918,79118,6219,923
2928,84719,15710,058
2938,89019,69810,175
2948,93020,24210,279
2948,96920,78810,354
2959,00421,33610,416
2959,10721,88910,487

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;

Sweden

  • 1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
  • 1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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