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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoAustriaOman
11,0758,0392,348
11,4058,0592,403
11,8288,0902,457
12,3808,1302,510
12,8298,1662,562
13,1788,2172,613
13,5408,2742,663
13,9178,3172,713
14,3098,3442,764
14,7228,3702,816
15,1528,3902,871
15,6008,4102,928
16,0648,4382,986
16,5638,4763,047
17,0728,5273,110
17,5758,5943,174
18,0948,6803,240
18,6218,7913,307
19,1578,8473,375
19,6988,8903,444
20,2428,9303,512
20,7888,9693,582
21,3369,0043,651
21,8899,1073,696

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.

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