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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	Seychelles	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	78	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	79	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	80	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	82	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	83	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	84	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	85	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	86	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	87	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	87	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	88	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	89	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	90	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	91	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	92	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	92	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	93	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	94	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	95	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	96	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	97	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	98	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	98	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

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