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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 BeninAustriaBosnia & Herzegovina
6,4618,0393,811
6,6778,0593,901
6,9028,0903,919
7,1308,1303,923
7,3608,1663,940
7,5898,2173,975
7,8388,2743,991
8,0898,3173,993
8,3358,3443,990
8,6038,3703,987
8,8848,3903,985
9,1798,4103,983
9,4868,4383,980
9,8058,4763,977
10,1358,5273,973
10,4808,5943,968
10,8428,6803,963
11,2208,7913,957
11,6138,8473,951
12,0188,8903,944
12,3708,9303,937
12,7258,9693,929
13,0819,0043,921
13,4399,1073,876

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;

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.