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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	Burkina Faso	Austria	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	8,039	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	8,059	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	8,090	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	8,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	8,166	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	8,217	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	8,274	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	8,317	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	8,344	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	8,370	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	8,390	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	8,410	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	8,476	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	8,527	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	8,594	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	8,680	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	8,791	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	8,847	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	8,890	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	8,930	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	8,969	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	9,004	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	9,107	295

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.