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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 MaltaAlbaniaOmanAustria
3873,0852,3488,039
3903,0652,4038,059
3933,0472,4578,090
3963,0382,5108,130
3983,0262,5628,166
4013,0142,6138,217
4042,9982,6638,274
4052,9792,7138,317
4062,9572,7648,344
4092,9342,8168,370
4122,9152,8718,390
4142,9002,9288,410
4162,8922,9868,438
4202,8883,0478,476
4262,8823,1108,527
4352,8763,1748,594
4452,8683,2408,680
4552,8633,3078,791
4682,8613,3758,847
4852,8543,4448,890
5042,8423,5128,930
5162,8253,5828,969
5182,7993,6519,004
5302,7873,6969,107

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 Malta, Albania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.