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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaBurkina FasoAustria
2737011,0758,039
2747111,4058,059
2757111,8288,090
2767212,3808,130
2787212,8298,166
2797213,1788,217
2807213,5408,274
2817213,9178,317
2827214,3098,344
2837314,7228,370
2857315,1528,390
2867315,6008,410
2877316,0648,438
2887316,5638,476
2897317,0728,527
2907317,5758,594
2917418,0948,680
2917418,6218,791
2927419,1578,847
2937419,6988,890
2947520,2428,930
2947520,7888,969
2957621,3369,004
2957621,8899,107

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