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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 BarbadosSeychellesCongo - KinshasaAustria
2737851,1818,039
2747952,7828,059
2758054,4538,090
2768156,1708,130
2788257,8608,166
2798359,5998,217
2808461,4748,274
2818563,4798,317
2828665,5908,344
2838767,8008,370
2858770,1148,390
2868872,5508,410
2878975,1388,438
2889077,7928,476
2899180,5348,527
2909283,3688,594
2919286,2298,680
2919389,1938,791
2929492,2098,847
2939595,2328,890
2949698,3208,930
29497101,4998,969
29598104,7679,004
29598108,1719,107

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, Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.