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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Bangladesh	Austria	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	8,039	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	8,059	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	8,090	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	8,130	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	8,166	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	8,217	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	8,274	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	8,317	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	8,344	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	8,370	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	8,390	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	8,410	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	8,438	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	8,476	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	8,527	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	8,594	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	8,680	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	8,791	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	8,847	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	8,890	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	8,930	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	8,969	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	9,004	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	9,107	651

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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