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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	11,075	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	11,405	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	11,828	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	12,380	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	12,829	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	13,178	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	13,540	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	13,917	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	14,309	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	14,722	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	15,152	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	15,600	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	16,563	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	17,072	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	17,575	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	18,094	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	18,621	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	19,157	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	19,698	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	20,242	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	20,788	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	21,336	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	21,889	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

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