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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 DominicaAustriaBurkina FasoBarbados
708,03911,075273
718,05911,405274
718,09011,828275
728,13012,380276
728,16612,829278
728,21713,178279
728,27413,540280
728,31713,917281
728,34414,309282
738,37014,722283
738,39015,152285
738,41015,600286
738,43816,064287
738,47616,563288
738,52717,072289
738,59417,575290
748,68018,094291
748,79118,621291
748,84719,157292
748,89019,698293
758,93020,242294
758,96920,788294
769,00421,336295
769,10721,889295

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