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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	Venezuela	Burkina Faso	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	11,075	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	11,405	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	11,828	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	12,380	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	12,829	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	13,178	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	13,540	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	13,917	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	14,309	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	14,722	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	15,152	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	15,600	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	16,563	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	17,072	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	17,575	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	18,094	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	18,621	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	19,157	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	19,698	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	20,242	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	20,788	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	21,336	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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.