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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 BarbadosAzerbaijanOmanAustria
2738,0562,3488,039
2748,1272,4038,059
2758,1942,4578,090
2768,2572,5108,130
2788,3192,5628,166
2798,3912,6138,217
2808,4752,6638,274
2818,5652,7138,317
2828,6572,7648,344
2838,7502,8168,370
2858,8422,8718,390
2868,9332,9288,410
2879,0252,9868,438
2889,1173,0478,476
2899,2103,1108,527
2909,3023,1748,594
2919,3933,2408,680
2919,4813,3078,791
2929,5673,3758,847
2939,6493,4448,890
2949,7273,5128,930
2949,8023,5828,969
2959,8743,6519,004
2959,9183,6969,107

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, Azerbaijan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.