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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 BarbadosAustriaOmanAzerbaijan
2738,0392,3488,056
2748,0592,4038,127
2758,0902,4578,194
2768,1302,5108,257
2788,1662,5628,319
2798,2172,6138,391
2808,2742,6638,475
2818,3172,7138,565
2828,3442,7648,657
2838,3702,8168,750
2858,3902,8718,842
2868,4102,9288,933
2878,4382,9869,025
2888,4763,0479,117
2898,5273,1109,210
2908,5943,1749,302
2918,6803,2409,393
2918,7913,3079,481
2928,8473,3759,567
2938,8903,4449,649
2948,9303,5129,727
2948,9693,5829,802
2959,0043,6519,874
2959,1073,6969,918

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, Oman, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.