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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 BarbadosIcelandAustriaMauritania
2732778,0392,437
2742818,0592,501
2752858,0902,566
2762888,1302,632
2782898,1662,699
2792938,2172,768
2802968,2742,838
2813048,3172,909
2823118,3442,981
2833198,3703,055
2853198,3903,129
2863188,4103,205
2873198,4383,282
2883218,4763,359
2893248,5273,438
2903278,5943,517
2913318,6803,597
2913358,7913,677
2923438,8473,759
2933538,8903,840
2943618,9303,942
2943668,9694,045
2953729,0044,150
2953809,1074,259

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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