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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	Bangladesh	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	132,907	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	135,207	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	137,420	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	139,573	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	141,650	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	143,644	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	145,546	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	147,376	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	149,047	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	150,562	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	152,189	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	153,927	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	155,634	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	157,326	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	158,999	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	160,650	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	162,273	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	163,938	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	165,655	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	167,358	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	169,045	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	170,709	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	172,354	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.