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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 BarbadosMaltaEstoniaAustria
2733871,3788,039
2743901,4008,059
2753931,3918,090
2763961,3828,130
2783981,3748,166
2794011,3658,217
2804041,3578,274
2814051,3498,317
2824061,3418,344
2834091,3378,370
2854121,3348,390
2864141,3328,410
2874161,3288,438
2884201,3248,476
2894261,3198,527
2904351,3148,594
2914451,3128,680
2914551,3148,791
2924681,3148,847
2934851,3188,890
2945041,3238,930
2945161,3278,969
2955181,3299,004
2955301,3309,107

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

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