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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosNigerAustria
27310,4248,039
27410,7858,059
27511,1708,090
27611,5808,130
27812,0158,166
27912,4728,217
28012,9548,274
28113,4598,317
28213,9868,344
28314,5328,370
28515,0928,390
28615,6698,410
28716,2638,438
28816,9038,476
28917,5698,527
29018,2428,594
29118,9578,680
29119,7088,791
29220,4628,847
29321,2288,890
29422,0238,930
29422,8428,969
29523,6919,004
29524,5879,107

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.

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