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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	Dominica	Central African Republic	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,889	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,980	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,054	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,128	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,215	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,289	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	4,363	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	4,449	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	4,544	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,641	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,742	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,845	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,950	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,057	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,167	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,278	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,392	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,507	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,625	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,745	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,874	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,025	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	6,154	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	6,291	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, Dominica, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.