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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 Saudi ArabiaAustriaDenmark
19,9648,0395,322
20,4268,0595,339
20,9568,0905,358
21,5498,1305,377
22,1898,1665,391
22,8508,2175,404
23,5168,2745,420
24,1788,3175,438
24,8418,3445,461
25,5188,3705,494
26,2278,3905,524
27,0688,4105,548
27,8108,4385,571
28,5168,4765,592
29,2208,5275,614
29,9368,5945,644
30,6468,6805,683
31,3608,7915,730
32,1848,8475,766
32,8698,8905,795
33,6618,9305,818
34,5428,9695,831
33,6519,0045,855
34,0819,1075,907

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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 Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.