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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 BarbadosMadagascarAustria
27315,2598,039
27415,7078,059
27516,1628,090
27616,6318,130
27817,1148,166
27917,6108,217
28018,1208,274
28118,6418,317
28219,1738,344
28319,7178,370
28520,2728,390
28620,8378,410
28721,4138,438
28821,9998,476
28922,5938,527
29023,1968,594
29123,8068,680
29124,4238,791
29225,0448,847
29325,6718,890
29426,3028,930
29426,9368,969
29527,5739,004
29528,2379,107

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.