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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 São Tomé & PríncipeParaguayAustria
1385,3668,039
1415,4738,059
1445,5798,090
1475,6838,130
1515,7868,166
1545,8868,217
1585,9848,274
1616,0808,317
1656,1738,344
1686,2648,370
1726,3528,390
1766,4388,410
1806,5228,438
1836,6058,476
1876,6888,527
1906,7698,594
1946,8508,680
1986,9308,791
2017,0128,847
2047,0958,890
2087,1798,930
2127,2638,969
2167,3489,004
2207,4329,107

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.