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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 BarbadosAustriaOmanChad
2738,0392,3487,559
2748,0592,4037,821
2758,0902,4578,092
2768,1302,5108,395
2788,1662,5628,763
2798,2172,6139,191
2808,2742,6639,594
2818,3172,7139,967
2828,3442,76410,338
2838,3702,81610,728
2858,3902,87111,139
2868,4102,92811,550
2878,4382,98611,983
2888,4763,04712,427
2898,5273,11012,895
2908,5943,17413,379
2918,6803,24013,823
2918,7913,30714,277
2928,8473,37514,765
2938,8903,44415,252
2948,9303,51215,750
2948,9693,58216,257
2959,0043,65116,776
2959,1073,69617,307

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