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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 BarbadosDominicaYemenAustria
2737016,7288,039
2747117,2368,059
2757117,7628,090
2767218,3108,130
2787218,8558,166
2797219,4108,217
2807220,0008,274
2817220,6118,317
2827221,2368,344
2837321,8788,370
2857322,5338,390
2867323,1958,410
2877323,8808,438
2887324,5948,476
2897325,3118,527
2907326,0208,594
2917426,6988,680
2917427,3478,791
2927427,9858,847
2937428,6088,890
2947529,2168,930
2947529,8118,969
2957630,3999,004
2957631,0589,107

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.