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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	Dominica	Austria	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	8,039	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	8,059	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	8,090	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	8,130	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	8,166	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	8,217	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	8,274	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	8,317	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	8,344	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	8,370	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	8,390	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	8,410	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	8,438	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,476	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,527	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,594	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,680	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,791	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,847	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,890	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,930	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,969	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	9,004	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	9,107	21,889	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.