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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	Burkina Faso	Austria	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	8,039	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	8,059	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	8,090	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	8,130	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	8,166	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	8,217	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	8,274	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	8,317	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	8,344	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	8,370	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	8,390	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	8,410	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	8,438	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	8,476	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	8,527	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	8,594	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	8,680	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	8,791	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	8,847	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	8,890	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	8,930	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	8,969	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	9,004	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	9,107	885

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, Burkina Faso, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.