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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 BarbadosAustriaSudanLuxembourg
2738,03926,168433
2748,05926,771438
2758,09027,387443
2768,13028,017448
2788,16628,662454
2798,21729,321460
2808,27429,996467
2818,31730,686474
2828,34431,393482
2838,37032,137491
2858,39033,078500
2868,41033,891509
2878,43834,568521
2888,47635,293533
2898,52736,093547
2908,59437,058560
2918,68038,165571
2918,79139,294586
2928,84740,512599
2938,89041,764610
2948,93042,952623
2948,96944,121633
2959,00445,290643
2959,10746,498651

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