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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	Ghana	Oman	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	2,348	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	2,403	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	2,457	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	2,510	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	2,562	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	2,613	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	2,663	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	2,713	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	2,764	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	2,816	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	2,871	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	2,928	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	3,047	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	3,110	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	3,174	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	3,240	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	3,307	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	3,375	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	3,444	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	3,512	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	3,582	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	3,651	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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