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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Austria	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	8,039	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	8,059	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	8,090	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	8,130	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	8,166	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	8,217	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	8,274	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,317	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,344	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,370	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,390	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	8,410	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,476	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,527	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,594	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,680	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,791	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,847	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,890	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,930	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,969	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	9,004	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	9,107	83,811	108,171

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;

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.