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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 - KinshasaEstonia
8,03951,1811,378
8,05952,7821,400
8,09054,4531,391
8,13056,1701,382
8,16657,8601,374
8,21759,5991,365
8,27461,4741,357
8,31763,4791,349
8,34465,5901,341
8,37067,8001,337
8,39070,1141,334
8,41072,5501,332
8,43875,1381,328
8,47677,7921,324
8,52780,5341,319
8,59483,3681,314
8,68086,2291,312
8,79189,1931,314
8,84792,2091,314
8,89095,2321,318
8,93098,3201,323
8,969101,4991,327
9,004104,7671,329
9,107108,1711,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.