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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CambodiaAustriaDenmark
12,1228,0395,322
12,3178,0595,339
12,5048,0905,358
12,6918,1305,377
12,8818,1665,391
13,0768,2175,404
13,2768,2745,420
13,4618,3175,438
13,6308,3445,461
13,8088,3705,494
13,9908,3905,524
14,1628,4105,548
14,3228,4385,571
14,4808,4765,592
14,6378,5275,614
14,7938,5945,644
14,9948,6805,683
15,2388,7915,730
15,4808,8475,766
15,7178,8905,795
15,9448,9305,818
16,1498,9695,831
16,3389,0045,855
16,5149,1075,907

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.

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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 Cambodia, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.