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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSri LankaAustria
27319,3548,039
27419,6108,059
27519,8388,090
27620,0608,130
27820,2978,166
27920,5298,217
28020,7038,274
28120,9178,317
28221,1208,344
28321,3158,370
28521,5038,390
28621,7138,410
28721,9188,438
28822,1208,476
28922,3208,527
29022,5178,594
29122,7118,680
29122,8998,791
29223,0808,847
29323,2548,890
29423,4208,930
29423,5798,969
29523,7329,004
29523,7969,107

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.

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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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.