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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	Estonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	1,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	1,400	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	1,391	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	1,382	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	1,374	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	1,365	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	1,357	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	1,349	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	1,341	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	1,337	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	1,334	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	1,332	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	1,328	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	1,324	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	1,319	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	1,314	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	1,312	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	1,314	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	1,314	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	1,318	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	1,323	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	1,327	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	1,329	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	1,330	530

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