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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	Oman	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,348	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,403	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,457	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,510	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,562	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,613	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,663	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,713	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,764	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,816	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,871	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,928	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,047	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,110	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,174	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,240	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,307	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,375	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,444	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,512	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,582	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,651	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,696	9,107

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