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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	St. Lucia	Congo - Kinshasa	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	51,181	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	52,782	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	54,453	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	56,170	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	57,860	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	59,599	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	61,474	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	63,479	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	65,590	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	67,800	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	70,114	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	72,550	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	77,792	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	80,534	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	83,368	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	86,229	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	89,193	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	92,209	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	95,232	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	98,320	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	101,499	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	104,767	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	108,171	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

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, St. Lucia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.