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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	Iceland	Dominica	Barbados	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	273	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	274	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	275	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	276	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	278	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	279	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	280	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	281	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	282	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	283	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	285	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	286	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	287	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	288	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	289	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	290	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	291	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	291	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	292	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	293	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	294	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	294	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	295	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	295	9,107

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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