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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 DominicaMoldovaBurkina FasoAustria
704,24411,0758,039
714,19911,4058,059
714,15411,8288,090
724,10812,3808,130
724,05912,8298,166
724,01313,1788,217
723,96613,5408,274
723,91913,9178,317
723,87314,3098,344
733,82914,7228,370
733,78815,1528,390
733,74815,6008,410
733,70916,0648,438
733,67116,5638,476
733,63317,0728,527
733,59517,5758,594
743,55818,0948,680
743,52218,6218,791
743,48519,1578,847
743,44819,6988,890
753,41220,2428,930
753,37620,7888,969
763,33921,3369,004
763,57021,8899,107

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