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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	8,039	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	8,059	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	8,090	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	8,130	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	8,166	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	8,217	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	8,274	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	8,317	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	8,344	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	8,370	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	8,390	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	8,410	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	8,438	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	8,476	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	8,527	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	8,594	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	8,680	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	8,791	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	8,847	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	8,890	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	8,930	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	8,969	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	9,004	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	9,107	19,512

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.