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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 MaltaAustriaOmanMoldova
3878,0392,3484,244
3908,0592,4034,199
3938,0902,4574,154
3968,1302,5104,108
3988,1662,5624,059
4018,2172,6134,013
4048,2742,6633,966
4058,3172,7133,919
4068,3442,7643,873
4098,3702,8163,829
4128,3902,8713,788
4148,4102,9283,748
4168,4382,9863,709
4208,4763,0473,671
4268,5273,1103,633
4358,5943,1743,595
4458,6803,2403,558
4558,7913,3073,522
4688,8473,3753,485
4858,8903,4443,448
5048,9303,5123,412
5168,9693,5823,376
5189,0043,6513,339
5309,1073,6963,570

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