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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 BarbadosAustriaParaguayMalta
2738,0395,366387
2748,0595,473390
2758,0905,579393
2768,1305,683396
2788,1665,786398
2798,2175,886401
2808,2745,984404
2818,3176,080405
2828,3446,173406
2838,3706,264409
2858,3906,352412
2868,4106,438414
2878,4386,522416
2888,4766,605420
2898,5276,688426
2908,5946,769435
2918,6806,850445
2918,7916,930455
2928,8477,012468
2938,8907,095485
2948,9307,179504
2948,9697,263516
2959,0047,348518
2959,1077,432530

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.

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