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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosHong Kong SAR ChinaAustria
2736,5878,039
2746,6468,059
2756,6958,090
2766,7258,130
2786,7128,166
2796,7658,217
2806,7948,274
2816,8388,317
2826,8978,344
2836,9388,370
2856,9538,390
2867,0048,410
2877,0528,438
2887,1308,476
2897,1598,527
2907,2098,594
2917,2718,680
2917,3168,791
2927,3728,847
2937,4328,890
2947,4878,930
2947,4608,969
2957,3929,004
2957,3879,107

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.

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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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.