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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Oman	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	2,348	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	2,403	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	2,457	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	2,510	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	2,562	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	2,613	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	2,663	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	2,713	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	2,764	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	2,816	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	2,871	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	2,928	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	3,047	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	3,110	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	3,174	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	3,240	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	3,307	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	3,375	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	3,444	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	3,512	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	3,582	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	3,651	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	3,696	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.