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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 BarbadosAustriaEstoniaLuxembourg
2738,0391,378433
2748,0591,400438
2758,0901,391443
2768,1301,382448
2788,1661,374454
2798,2171,365460
2808,2741,357467
2818,3171,349474
2828,3441,341482
2838,3701,337491
2858,3901,334500
2868,4101,332509
2878,4381,328521
2888,4761,324533
2898,5271,319547
2908,5941,314560
2918,6801,312571
2918,7911,314586
2928,8471,314599
2938,8901,318610
2948,9301,323623
2948,9691,327633
2959,0041,329643
2959,1071,330651

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, Estonia, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.