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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	Iran	Oman	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	2,348	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	2,403	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	2,457	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	2,510	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	2,562	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	2,613	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	2,663	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	2,713	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	2,764	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	2,816	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	2,871	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	2,928	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	3,047	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	3,110	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	3,174	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	3,240	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	3,307	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	3,375	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	3,444	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	3,512	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	3,582	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	3,651	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.