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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 BarbadosMaltaAustriaYemen
2733878,03916,728
2743908,05917,236
2753938,09017,762
2763968,13018,310
2783988,16618,855
2794018,21719,410
2804048,27420,000
2814058,31720,611
2824068,34421,236
2834098,37021,878
2854128,39022,533
2864148,41023,195
2874168,43823,880
2884208,47624,594
2894268,52725,311
2904358,59426,020
2914458,68026,698
2914558,79127,347
2924688,84727,985
2934858,89028,608
2945048,93029,216
2945168,96929,811
2955189,00430,399
2955309,10731,058

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