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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 BarbadosSeychellesBurkina FasoAustria
2737811,0758,039
2747911,4058,059
2758011,8288,090
2768112,3808,130
2788212,8298,166
2798313,1788,217
2808413,5408,274
2818513,9178,317
2828614,3098,344
2838714,7228,370
2858715,1528,390
2868815,6008,410
2878916,0648,438
2889016,5638,476
2899117,0728,527
2909217,5758,594
2919218,0948,680
2919318,6218,791
2929419,1578,847
2939519,6988,890
2949620,2428,930
2949720,7888,969
2959821,3369,004
2959821,8899,107

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, Seychelles, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.