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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 MaltaAustriaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
3878,0392,34851,181
3908,0592,40352,782
3938,0902,45754,453
3968,1302,51056,170
3988,1662,56257,860
4018,2172,61359,599
4048,2742,66361,474
4058,3172,71363,479
4068,3442,76465,590
4098,3702,81667,800
4128,3902,87170,114
4148,4102,92872,550
4168,4382,98675,138
4208,4763,04777,792
4268,5273,11080,534
4358,5943,17483,368
4458,6803,24086,229
4558,7913,30789,193
4688,8473,37592,209
4858,8903,44495,232
5048,9303,51298,320
5168,9693,582101,499
5189,0043,651104,767
5309,1073,696108,171

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, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.