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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 BarbadosAustriaOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
2738,0392,3483,811
2748,0592,4033,901
2758,0902,4573,919
2768,1302,5103,923
2788,1662,5623,940
2798,2172,6133,975
2808,2742,6633,991
2818,3172,7133,993
2828,3442,7643,990
2838,3702,8163,987
2858,3902,8713,985
2868,4102,9283,983
2878,4382,9863,980
2888,4763,0473,977
2898,5273,1103,973
2908,5943,1743,968
2918,6803,2403,963
2918,7913,3073,957
2928,8473,3753,951
2938,8903,4443,944
2948,9303,5123,937
2948,9693,5823,929
2959,0043,6513,921
2959,1073,6963,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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