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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	Sweden	Burkina Faso	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	11,075	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	11,405	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	11,828	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	12,380	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	12,829	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	13,178	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	13,540	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	13,917	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	14,309	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	14,722	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	15,152	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	15,600	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	16,563	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	17,072	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	17,575	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	18,094	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	18,621	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	19,157	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	19,698	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	20,242	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	20,788	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	21,336	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	21,889	9,107

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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