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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	8,039	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	8,059	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	8,090	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	8,130	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	8,166	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	8,217	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	8,274	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	8,317	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	8,344	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	8,370	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	8,390	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	8,410	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	8,438	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	8,476	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	8,527	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	8,594	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	8,680	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	8,791	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	8,847	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	8,890	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	8,930	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	8,969	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	9,004	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	9,107	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.