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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaOmanAustriaMalta
10,3272,3488,039387
10,6492,4038,059390
10,9802,4578,090393
11,2902,5108,130396
11,5932,5628,166398
11,9072,6138,217401
12,2432,6638,274404
12,6122,7138,317405
13,0052,7648,344406
13,4122,8168,370409
13,8222,8718,390412
14,2552,9288,410414
14,7092,9868,438416
15,1653,0478,476420
15,6313,1108,527426
16,1213,1748,594435
16,6243,2408,680445
17,1403,3078,791455
17,6743,3758,847468
18,2223,4448,890485
18,7803,5128,930504
19,3493,5828,969516
19,9283,6519,004518
20,4853,6969,107530

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

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 Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.