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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	Singapore	Burkina Faso	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,959	11,075	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,028	11,405	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,138	11,828	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	12,380	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,115	12,829	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,167	13,178	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,266	13,540	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,401	13,917	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,589	14,309	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,839	14,722	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,988	15,152	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,077	15,600	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,184	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,312	16,563	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,399	17,072	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,470	17,575	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,535	18,094	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,607	18,621	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,612	19,157	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,639	19,698	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,704	20,242	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,686	20,788	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,716	21,336	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,750	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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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.