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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 ZambiaAustriaHaiti
10,3278,0398,121
10,6498,0598,279
10,9808,0908,430
11,2908,1308,580
11,5938,1668,739
11,9078,2178,900
12,2438,2749,061
12,6128,3179,216
13,0058,3449,364
13,4128,3709,508
13,8228,3909,652
14,2558,4109,553
14,7098,4389,670
15,1658,4769,793
15,6318,5279,922
16,1218,59410,047
16,6248,68010,254
17,1408,79110,486
17,6748,84710,647
18,2228,89010,788
18,7808,93010,933
19,3498,96911,077
19,9289,00411,215
20,4859,10711,349

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

Zambia

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.