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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 GermanyAustriaAlbania
81,4398,0393,085
81,4748,0593,065
81,5348,0903,047
81,5958,1303,038
81,5668,1663,026
81,4738,2173,014
81,3548,2742,998
81,1908,3172,979
81,0098,3442,957
80,7818,3702,934
80,5008,3902,915
80,3018,4102,900
80,2928,4382,892
80,4438,4762,888
80,6638,5272,882
81,0008,5942,876
81,7048,6802,868
82,3668,7912,863
82,6748,8472,861
82,9238,8902,854
83,1108,9302,842
83,1788,9692,825
83,2139,0042,799
83,8119,1072,787

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.