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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 AustriaLuxembourgCongo - Kinshasa
8,03943351,181
8,05943852,782
8,09044354,453
8,13044856,170
8,16645457,860
8,21746059,599
8,27446761,474
8,31747463,479
8,34448265,590
8,37049167,800
8,39050070,114
8,41050972,550
8,43852175,138
8,47653377,792
8,52754780,534
8,59456083,368
8,68057186,229
8,79158689,193
8,84759992,209
8,89061095,232
8,93062398,320
8,969633101,499
9,004643104,767
9,107651108,171

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