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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 AfghanistanAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
22,2068,03951,181
22,4618,05952,782
22,5078,09054,453
23,6008,13056,170
25,0058,16657,860
25,6988,21759,599
26,3358,27461,474
27,1548,31763,479
27,3878,34465,590
27,7068,37067,800
28,4848,39070,114
29,1218,41072,550
29,7588,43875,138
30,4208,47677,792
31,1088,52780,534
31,8238,59483,368
32,5648,68086,229
33,3328,79189,193
34,1258,84792,209
34,9418,89095,232
35,9728,93098,320
37,0348,969101,499
38,1279,004104,767
39,2529,107108,171

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 Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.