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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 AustriaCongo - KinshasaDenmark
8,03951,1815,322
8,05952,7825,339
8,09054,4535,358
8,13056,1705,377
8,16657,8605,391
8,21759,5995,404
8,27461,4745,420
8,31763,4795,438
8,34465,5905,461
8,37067,8005,494
8,39070,1145,524
8,41072,5505,548
8,43875,1385,571
8,47677,7925,592
8,52780,5345,614
8,59483,3685,644
8,68086,2295,683
8,79189,1935,730
8,84792,2095,766
8,89095,2325,795
8,93098,3205,818
8,969101,4995,831
9,004104,7675,855
9,107108,1715,907

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