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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 BarbadosAustriaPuerto RicoMalta
2738,0393,800387
2748,0593,811390
2758,0903,819393
2768,1303,824396
2788,1663,826398
2798,2173,827401
2808,2743,822404
2818,3173,805405
2828,3443,783406
2838,3703,761409
2858,3903,741412
2868,4103,722414
2878,4383,679416
2888,4763,636420
2898,5273,589426
2908,5943,534435
2918,6803,473445
2918,7913,411455
2928,8473,352468
2938,8903,295485
2948,9303,268504
2948,9693,247516
2959,0043,232518
2959,1073,228530

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