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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 BarbadosAustriaOmanNepal
2738,0392,34823,087
2748,0592,40323,487
2758,0902,45723,887
2768,1302,51024,273
2788,1662,56224,645
2798,2172,61324,989
2808,2742,66325,255
2818,3172,71325,484
2828,3442,76425,732
2838,3702,81625,998
2858,3902,87126,298
2868,4102,92826,664
2878,4382,98627,081
2888,4763,04727,505
2898,5273,11027,917
2908,5943,17428,311
2918,6803,24028,678
2918,7913,30729,034
2928,8473,37529,384
2938,8903,44429,718
2948,9303,51230,057
2948,9693,58230,595
2959,0043,65131,311
2959,1073,69631,845

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