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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 BarbadosAustriaOmanSerbia
2738,0392,3487,611
2748,0592,4037,587
2758,0902,4577,574
2768,1302,5107,570
2788,1662,5627,551
2798,2172,6137,533
2808,2742,6637,510
2818,3172,7137,481
2828,3442,7647,451
2838,3702,8167,419
2858,3902,8717,389
2868,4102,9287,360
2878,4382,9867,304
2888,4763,0477,269
2898,5273,1107,234
2908,5943,1747,199
2918,6803,2407,162
2918,7913,3077,124
2928,8473,3757,087
2938,8903,4447,048
2948,9303,5127,010
2948,9693,5826,964
2959,0043,6516,898
2959,1073,6966,833

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;

Serbia

  • 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.