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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Qatar	Austria	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	8,039	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	8,059	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	8,090	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	8,130	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	8,166	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	8,217	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	8,274	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	8,317	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	8,344	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	8,370	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	8,390	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	8,410	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	8,438	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	8,476	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	8,527	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	8,594	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	8,680	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	8,791	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	8,847	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	8,890	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	8,930	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	8,969	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	9,004	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	9,107	31,058

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