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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	Malta	Austria	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	8,039	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	8,059	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	8,090	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	8,130	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	8,166	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	8,217	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	8,274	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	8,317	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	8,344	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	8,370	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	8,390	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	8,410	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	8,438	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	8,476	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	8,527	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	8,594	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	8,680	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	8,791	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	8,847	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	8,890	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	8,930	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	8,969	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	9,004	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	9,107	3,570

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, Malta, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.