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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 Puerto RicoBosnia & HerzegovinaAustria
3,8003,8118,039
3,8113,9018,059
3,8193,9198,090
3,8243,9238,130
3,8263,9408,166
3,8273,9758,217
3,8223,9918,274
3,8053,9938,317
3,7833,9908,344
3,7613,9878,370
3,7413,9858,390
3,7223,9838,410
3,6793,9808,438
3,6363,9778,476
3,5893,9738,527
3,5343,9688,594
3,4733,9638,680
3,4113,9578,791
3,3523,9518,847
3,2953,9448,890
3,2683,9378,930
3,2473,9298,969
3,2323,9219,004
3,2283,8769,107

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.