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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 - KinshasaSudan
8,03951,18126,168
8,05952,78226,771
8,09054,45327,387
8,13056,17028,017
8,16657,86028,662
8,21759,59929,321
8,27461,47429,996
8,31763,47930,686
8,34465,59031,393
8,37067,80032,137
8,39070,11433,078
8,41072,55033,891
8,43875,13834,568
8,47677,79235,293
8,52780,53436,093
8,59483,36837,058
8,68086,22938,165
8,79189,19339,294
8,84792,20940,512
8,89095,23241,764
8,93098,32042,952
8,969101,49944,121
9,004104,76745,290
9,107108,17146,498

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