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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 BarbadosAustriaSudanMalta
2738,03926,168387
2748,05926,771390
2758,09027,387393
2768,13028,017396
2788,16628,662398
2798,21729,321401
2808,27429,996404
2818,31730,686405
2828,34431,393406
2838,37032,137409
2858,39033,078412
2868,41033,891414
2878,43834,568416
2888,47635,293420
2898,52736,093426
2908,59437,058435
2918,68038,165445
2918,79139,294455
2928,84740,512468
2938,89041,764485
2948,93042,952504
2948,96944,121516
2959,00445,290518
2959,10746,498530

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