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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 BarbadosSenegalOmanAustria
27310,0702,3488,039
27410,3052,4038,059
27510,5762,4578,090
27610,8642,5108,130
27811,1722,5628,166
27911,4982,6138,217
28011,8392,6638,274
28112,2042,7138,317
28212,5842,7648,344
28312,9782,8168,370
28513,3822,8718,390
28613,7942,9288,410
28714,2262,9868,438
28814,6683,0478,476
28915,1213,1108,527
29015,5893,1748,594
29116,0663,2408,680
29116,5493,3078,791
29217,0443,3758,847
29317,5353,4448,890
29418,0213,5128,930
29418,5183,5828,969
29519,0163,6519,004
29519,5123,6969,107

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, Senegal, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.