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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Austria	Puerto Rico	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	3,800	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	3,811	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	3,819	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	3,824	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	3,826	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	3,827	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	3,822	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	3,805	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	3,783	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	3,761	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	3,741	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	3,722	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	3,679	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	3,636	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	3,589	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	3,534	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	3,473	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	3,411	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	3,352	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	3,295	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	3,268	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	3,247	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	3,232	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	3,228	651

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, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.