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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 BarbadosHondurasOmanAustria
2736,1982,3488,039
2746,3672,4038,059
2756,5352,4578,090
2766,6982,5108,130
2786,8632,5628,166
2797,0282,6138,217
2807,1942,6638,274
2817,3592,7138,317
2827,5222,7648,344
2837,6822,8168,370
2857,8392,8718,390
2867,9912,9288,410
2878,1412,9868,438
2888,2883,0478,476
2898,4293,1108,527
2908,5463,1748,594
2918,6613,2408,680
2918,7703,3078,791
2928,8783,3758,847
2939,0023,4448,890
2949,1543,5128,930
2949,3043,5828,969
2959,4483,6519,004
2959,5903,6969,107

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