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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	Luxembourg	Austria	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	8,039	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	8,059	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	8,090	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	8,130	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	8,166	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	8,217	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	8,274	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	8,317	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	8,344	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	8,370	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	8,390	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	8,410	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	8,438	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	8,476	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	8,527	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	8,594	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	8,680	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	8,791	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	8,847	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	8,890	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	8,930	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	8,969	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	9,004	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	9,107	6,291

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