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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	Iceland	Austria	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	8,039	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	8,059	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	8,090	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	8,130	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	8,166	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	8,217	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	8,274	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	8,317	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	8,344	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	8,370	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	8,390	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	8,410	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	8,438	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,476	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,527	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,594	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,680	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,791	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,847	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,890	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,930	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,969	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	9,004	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	9,107	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.