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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 BarbadosOmanAustraliaAlbania
2732,34818,6923,085
2742,40318,9073,065
2752,45719,1513,047
2762,51019,3713,038
2782,56219,5953,026
2792,61319,8053,014
2802,66320,0482,998
2812,71320,3202,979
2822,76420,6942,957
2832,81621,1132,934
2852,87121,5532,915
2862,92821,8912,900
2872,98622,1972,892
2883,04722,5882,888
2893,11022,9802,882
2903,17423,3262,876
2913,24023,6642,868
2913,30724,0362,863
2923,37524,4452,861
2933,44424,8232,854
2943,51225,2042,842
2943,58225,5292,825
2953,65125,5742,799
2953,69625,8262,787

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

Australia

  • 1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
  • 1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
  • 1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
  • 1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.