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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Austria	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	8,039	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	8,059	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	8,090	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	8,130	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	8,166	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	8,217	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	8,274	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	8,317	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	8,344	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	8,370	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	8,390	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	8,410	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	8,438	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	8,476	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	8,527	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	8,594	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	8,680	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	8,791	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	8,847	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	8,890	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	8,930	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	8,969	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	9,004	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	9,107	146,693

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;

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.