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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 BarbadosIcelandCentral African RepublicAustria
2732773,8898,039
2742813,9808,059
2752854,0548,090
2762884,1288,130
2782894,2158,166
2792934,2898,217
2802964,3638,274
2813044,4498,317
2823114,5448,344
2833194,6418,370
2853194,7428,390
2863184,8458,410
2873194,9508,438
2883215,0578,476
2893245,1678,527
2903275,2788,594
2913315,3928,680
2913355,5078,791
2923435,6258,847
2933535,7458,890
2943615,8748,930
2943666,0258,969
2953726,1549,004
2953806,2919,107

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

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.