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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 BarbadosMaltaPuerto RicoAustria
2733873,8008,039
2743903,8118,059
2753933,8198,090
2763963,8248,130
2783983,8268,166
2794013,8278,217
2804043,8228,274
2814053,8058,317
2824063,7838,344
2834093,7618,370
2854123,7418,390
2864143,7228,410
2874163,6798,438
2884203,6368,476
2894263,5898,527
2904353,5348,594
2914453,4738,680
2914553,4118,791
2924683,3528,847
2934853,2958,890
2945043,2688,930
2945163,2478,969
2955183,2329,004
2955303,2289,107

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.