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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 NigerBurkina FasoAustria
10,42411,0758,039
10,78511,4058,059
11,17011,8288,090
11,58012,3808,130
12,01512,8298,166
12,47213,1788,217
12,95413,5408,274
13,45913,9178,317
13,98614,3098,344
14,53214,7228,370
15,09215,1528,390
15,66915,6008,410
16,26316,0648,438
16,90316,5638,476
17,56917,0728,527
18,24217,5758,594
18,95718,0948,680
19,70818,6218,791
20,46219,1578,847
21,22819,6988,890
22,02320,2428,930
22,84220,7888,969
23,69121,3369,004
24,58721,8899,107

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.

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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 Niger, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.