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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMaltaAustriaParaguay
2733878,0395,366
2743908,0595,473
2753938,0905,579
2763968,1305,683
2783988,1665,786
2794018,2175,886
2804048,2745,984
2814058,3176,080
2824068,3446,173
2834098,3706,264
2854128,3906,352
2864148,4106,438
2874168,4386,522
2884208,4766,605
2894268,5276,688
2904358,5946,769
2914458,6806,850
2914558,7916,930
2924688,8477,012
2934858,8907,095
2945048,9307,179
2945168,9697,263
2955189,0047,348
2955309,1077,432

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